[DOC] [TLE] Theodore Maiman - American Physical Society [PAR] Albert Einstein first broached the possibility of stimulated emission in a 1917 ... 
Townes patented a device he called a maser, for microwave amplification ... 
Made of synthetic ruby, it was the harbinger of a technological revolution that ... 
On May 16, 1960, Maiman succeeded in producing a short burst of coherent light 
from... [DOC] [TLE] The Race to Build a Laser - American Institute of Physics [PAR] But one of these properties is that it is corrosive. ... Theodore Maiman looking at a 
ruby cylinder, the heart of his first laser ... But they couldn't get laser action, that is, 
amplification of light. ... He assembled the components with the aid of an 
assistant, Irnee d'Haenens, and on May 16, 1960 they observed pulses of red 
light. [DOC] [TLE] A History Of The Laser: A Trip Through The Light ... - Photonics.com [PAR] Emmett co-invented the multipass laser architecture still in use today. ... May 16, 
1960: Theodore H. Maiman, a physicist at Hughes Research Laboratories in 
Malibu, ... An American Optical ruby laser is used to destroy a retinal tumor. .... 
These new optical amplifiers boost light signals without first having to convert 
them into... [DOC] [TLE] Laser - Wikipedia [PAR] A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification 
based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation. The term "laser" 
originated as an acronym for "light amplification by stimulated emission of 
radiation". The first laser was built in 1960 by Theodore H. Maiman at Hughes ..... 
In most cases these lasers are still termed "continuous wave" as their output... [DOC] [TLE] Theodore H. Maiman | American physicist | Britannica.com [PAR] American physicist, who constructed the first laser, a device that produces ... 
Theodore H. Maiman, in full Theodore Harold Maiman (born July 11, 1927, Los 
Angeles, ... where he became interested in a device developed and built by 
Charles H. ... is formed from the acronym for light amplification by stimulated 
emission of. [DOC] [TLE] A Solution for Almost Everything: 50 Years of the Laser | Invention ... [PAR] The vast majority of Americans who first flocked to the film in 1964 didn't ... Fifty 
years after the world's first laser was built in May 1960, few aspects of ... The word 
laser is an acronym for light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. 
.... as Siegman described it, physicist Theodore Maiman created the world's first... [DOC] [TLE] LaserFest | Early History [PAR] The acronym LASER stands for "Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of 
Radiation". ... Theodore Maiman developed the first working laser at Hughes 
Research Lab in ... development and who jointly were awarded the first laser 
patent in 1960. ... These newly created photons struck other atoms, rapidly 
stimulating the... [DOC] [TLE] Theodore H. Maiman - National Academy of Sciences [PAR] mankind's first creation of coherent lighthad been born. On June 22, 1960, 
Maiman submitted a report of his find- ings to Physical ... to build a state-of-the-art 
microwave amplifier known as a ruby maser, and Maiman ... work preceded the 
demonstration of any laser-like device. Then the ... These stresses would 
degrade. [DOC] [TLE] 55th anniversary of the laser's invention  International Year of Light ... [PAR] May 27, 2015 ... It was on 16 May 1960, that the North American physicist and engineer, 
Theodore Maiman, obtained the first laser emission. ... most important and 
versatile scientific instruments of all time, was invented. ... It is a device capable of 
generating a light beam of a much greater intensity than .... About these ads... [DOC] [TLE] May 16, 1960: Researcher Shines a Laser Light | WIRED [PAR] May 16, 2011 ... 1960: Physicist Theodore Maiman uses a synthetic-ruby crystal to create ... 
Maiman began tinkering with electronic devices in his teens and ... company in 
Malibu, California, when he built the first working laser. ... or microwave 
amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. ... Source: Scientific American. [DOC] [TLE] Physics -

Question: An American, Theodore Maiman, built the first of these light-amplifying devices in 1960
Answer: Laser