Wikipedia on Twitter: "On this day in 1960: Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes received the first patent for a laser. https://t.co/eVQ3rBUsZL https://t.co/D54kuR0qeF" / Twitter
HRL Laboratories - Today in 1960, Ted Maiman demonstrated the very first Ruby Laser. The historic moment took place May 16, 1960, when Maiman and fellow researchers Drs. Irnee D'Haenens and Charles
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