SUGGESTED REFERENCES

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Books

• ABC’s of Masers and Lasers, Allan H. Lytel, Howard W. Sams and Company, Inc., Publishers, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206, 1966, 96 pp., $2.25.
• The Laser: Light That Never Was Before, Ben Patrusky, Dodd, Mead and Company, New York 10016, 1966, 128 pp., $3.50.
• Masers and Lasers, Manfred Brotherton, McGraw-Hill Book Company, New York 10036, 1964, 224 pp., $8.50.
• Masers and Lasers, H. Arthur Klein, J. B. Lippincott Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19105, 1963, 184 pp., $3.95.
• The Story of the Laser, John M. Carroll, E. P. Dutton and Company, Inc., New York 10003, 1964, 181 pp., $3.95.
• Quantum Electronics: The Fundamentals of Transistors and Lasers, John R. Pierce, Doubleday and Company, Inc., New York 10017, 1966, 138 pp., $1.25.
• Lasers and Their Applications, Kurt R. Stehling, The World Publishing Company, Cleveland, Ohio 44102, 1966, 192 pp., $6.00.
• Understanding Lasers and Masers, Stanley Leinwoll, Hayden Book Companies, New York 10011, 1964, 96 pp., $1.95.
• Atomic Light: Lasers, Richard B. Nehrich, Jr., Glenn I. Voran, and Norman F. Dessel, Sterling Publishing Company, Inc., New York 10016, 1967, 136 pp., $3.95.

Articles—General and Historical

• Advances in Optical Masers, A. L. Schawlow, Scientific American, 209: 34 (July 1963).
• The Evolution of the Physicist’s Picture of Matter, P. A. M. Dirac, Scientific American, 208: 45 (May 1963).
• Filling in the Blanks in the Laser’s Spectrum, F. M. Johnson, Electronics, 39: 82 (April 18, 1966).
• The Amateur Scientist—How a persevering amateur can build a gas laser in the home, C. L. Stong, Scientific American, 211: 227 (September 1964).
• The Amateur Scientist—Homemade Laser, C. L. Stong, Scientific American, 213: 108 (December 1965).
• The Amateur Scientist—How to make holograms and experiment with them or with ready-made holograms, C. L. Stong, Scientific American, 216: 122 (February 1967).
• The Maser, James P. Gordon, Scientific American, 199: 42 (December 1958).
• The Quantum Theory: Early Years to 1923, Karl Darrow, Scientific American, 186: 47 (March 1952).
• Laser’s Bright Magic, T. Meloy, National Geographic Magazine, 130: 858 (December 1966).
• Infrared and Optical Masers (original paper), A. L. Schawlow and C. H. Townes, Physical Review, 112: 1940 (December 15, 1958).
• Laser Market Enters Era of Practicality, W. Mathews, Electronic News, 11: 1 (April 18, 1966).

• Lasers, A. K. Levine, American Scientist, 51: 14 (March 1963).Lasers, A. L. Schawlow, Science, 149: 13 (July 2, 1965).
• Lasers and Coherent Light, A. L. Schawlow, Physics Today, 17: 28 (January 1964).
• The Laser’s Dazzling Future, L. Lessing, Fortune, 67: 138 (June 1963).
• Optical Masers, A. L. Schawlow, Scientific American, 204: 52 (June 1961).
• Optical Pumping, A. L. Bloom, Scientific American, 202: 72 (October 1960).
• Research on Maser-Laser Principle Wins Nobel Prize in Physics, J. P. Gordon, Science, 146: 897 (November 13, 1964).
• Resource Letter MOP-1 on Masers (Microwave through Optical) and on Optical Pumping, H. W. Moos, American Journal of Physics, 32: 589 (August 1964), extensive bibliography. Available from American Institute of Physics, 335 East 45th Street, New York 10017. Enclose stamped return envelope.
• Advances in Holography, K. S. Pennington, Scientific American, 218: 40 (February 1968).
• Applications of Laser Light, D. R. Herriott, Scientific American, 219: 140 (September 1968).
• Holography for the Sophomore Laboratory, R. H. Webb, American Journal of Physics, 36: 62 (January 1968).
• Laser Light, A. L. Schawlow, Scientific American, 219: 120 (September 1968).The Modulation of Laser Light, D. F. Nelson, Scientific American, 218: 17 (June 1968).

Articles—Special Subjects

• Biological Effects of High Peak Power Radiation, S. Fine et al., Life Sciences, 3: 209 (1964).
• The Interaction of Light with Light, J. A. Giordmaine, Scientific American, 210: 38 (April 1964).
• Chemical Lasers, George C. Pimental, Scientific American, 214: 32 (April 1966).
• Color Laser Stores Data, J. Eberhart, Science News, 90: 51 (July 23, 1966).
• Communication by Laser, Stewart E. Miller, Scientific American, 214: 19 (January 1966).
• Guidelines for Selecting Laser Materials, R. H. Hoskins, Electronic Design, 13: M29 (July 19, 1965).
• Holography: The Picture Looks Good, J. Blum, Electronics, 39: 139 (April 18, 1966).
• How Dangerous Are Lasers?, L. H. Dulberger, Electronics, 35: 27 (January 26, 1962).
• Injection Lasers, R. W. Keyes, Industrial Research, 6: 46 (October 1964).
• Laser Potential in Deep-Space Link Grows, B. Miller, Aviation Week and Space Technology, 84: 71 (January 31, 1966).
• Laser Retinal Photocoagulator, N. S. Kapany et al., Applied Optics, 4: 517 (May 1965).

• Laser Welding in Electronic Circuit Fabrication, J. P. Epperson, Electrical Design News (EDN), 10: 8 (October 1965).
• The Light That Slices Inch into Millionths, (use of interferometry in industry), Steel, 158: 38 (February 28, 1966).
• The Optical Heterodyne—Key to Advanced Space Signaling, S. Jacobs, Electronics, 36: 29 (July 12, 1963).
• Photography by Laser, E. N. Leith and J. Upatnieks, Scientific American, 212: 24 (June 1965).
• Liquid Lasers, Alexander Lempicki and Harold Samelson, Scientific American, 216: 81 (June 1967).
• Plasma Experiments with a 570-kJ Theta-Pinch, F. C. Yahoda, et al., Journal of Applied Physics, 35: 2351 (August 1964).
• A Sun-Pumped CW One-Watt Laser, C. G. Young, Applied Optics, 5: 993 (June 1966).
• 3-D Image Made at Home, Science News, 90: 185 (10 September 1966).
• Scanning with Lasers, Robert A. Myers, International Science and Technology, 65: 40 (May 1967).

Booklets

Applications of Lasers to Information Handling, The Perkin-Elmer Corporation, Norwalk, Connecticut 06852, 1966, 32 pp., free. Reprint of five talks given by company personnel.Laser Interferometer, Airborne Instruments Laboratory, Division of Cutler-Hammer, Inc., Deer Park, Long Island, New York 11729, 1965, 20 pp., free. Collection of article reprints.Laser: The New Light, Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill, New Jersey 07971, 19 pp., free. Full color, nontechnical brochure presents some background, principles, and applications of the laser.

Argon laser, which emits high-power blue-green beam continuously, has application in signal processing, communications, and spectroscopy. This unit is being beamed through prisms that separate its several discrete wavelengths of light, displayed on card at left foreground.

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