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5. Birth of quantum electronics — Lasers

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In Part 1 of this article, we described masers. In this part, we describe lasers, their optical counterpart.

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  1. Nuclear Science Centre, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, P.O. Box 10502, 110 067, New Delhi, India

    Amit Roy

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Roy, A. Great experiments in physics. Reson 4, 8–15 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02834255

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