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Brief Chronicle Of The Laser
March 8, 2010
| A version of this story appeared in
Volume 88, Issue 10
1917
Albert Einstein derives the theoretical basis for the laser. (1)
1954
The "maser," the microwave forerunner of the modern laser, is born.
1960
The first working (ruby) laser is introduced. (2)
1965
The compact laser disc is invented. (3)
1969
Lasers' wavelength range is expanded with the advent of the organic-dye laser.
1974
A laser-driven barcode scanner is used for the first time in a grocery store. (4)
1986
The Ti:sapphire laser ushers in a new era of ultrafast science. (5)
1987
Vibrational SFG spectroscopy is first used to analyze monolayers.
1988
The high-power fiber laser gets its start.
1990
Multiphoton microscopy is implemented for the first time. (6)
1990
2-D IR spectroscopy of peptides is introduced.
1994
Superresolution fluorescence microscopy is developed.
1999
Ahmed Zewail wins the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for femtosecond spectroscopy. (7)
2001
The first attosecond laser pulses are used to probe electronic processes.
2008
Fluorophore-free stimulated Raman scattering microscopy of living cells is first demonstrated.
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