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Theodore Harold Maiman, American-Canadian physicist and engineer, created the laser (born 1927)
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Theodore Maiman
American physicist (1927–2007); inventor of the first working laser
Theodore Harold Maiman was an American engineer and physicist who is widely credited with the invention of the laser. Maiman's laser led to the subsequent development of many other types of lasers. The laser was successfully fired on May 16, 1960. In a July 7, 1960, press…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Laser
Device which emits light via optical amplification
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The word laser originated as an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. The first laser was built in 1960…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)