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Laser Inventor Dies at 79

Photonics.com: Theodore Maiman, PhD, inventor of the first operable laser and twice nominated for a Nobel Prize, died May 5 in Vancouver, British Columbia. His death was confirmed by his wife, Kathleen.

Posted by Physics Today on May 9, 2007 11:55 AM |

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