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Selected
Laser Related Web Sites
Here
is a short of list
of www sites that provide information about lasers that may be useful in
researching your laser science project.
| Laser
Institute of America [LIA] |
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This site provides a
Laser
Safety Bulletin that has been prepared by LIA's Laser Safety Committee to educate new laser users on the concerns and issues related to laser safety.
There is also a very useful page on Laser
Pointer Safety (which is also reproduced in our Basic
Laser Safety pages). |
| University of Waterloo |
The Laser
Safety Manual used at the university which gives a great deal
of detail about various kinds of lasers.
You may also find the 'Laser Fundamentals' section which gives more scientific
detail on how laser light is generated [with diagrams] useful. |
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| The "Laser Adventure " by Rami
Arieli |
| The Laser Adventure |
A site with a more scientific orientation that contains details on the theory of lasers and
the scientific
terminology relating to lasers. It also includes a number of
experiments you can perform with lasers. |
| The
Invention of the Laser |
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This series
of web pages on the Bell Labs site discuss the invention of the laser. The invention of the laser, which stands for light
amplification by stimulated emission of radiation, can be dated to 1958 with the publication of the scientific paper, Infrared and
Optical Masers, by Arthur L. Schawlow, then a Bell Labs researcher, and Charles H. Townes, a consultant to Bell Labs. That
paper, published in Physical Review, the journal of the American Physical Society, launched a new scientific field and opened
the door to a multibillion-dollar industry. A picture of the patent document for the laser is shown
on the left.
The pages include links to biographies of Scharlow and Townes. |
| The
LaserNet Homepage |
| The homepage of Rockwell Laser Industries who are involved in
laser safety services, laser consulting and laser education. |
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| Laser Focus World |
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The home page of the magazine Laser Focus World a monthly
magazine covering mostly
scientific and industrial applications of lasers. |
| Photonics
Spectra |
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Photonics
Spectra is a monthly magazine for commercial, industrial and
scientific laser applications. |
[ Introduction
| Bibliography | Glossary of
Terminology | Laser
safety overview | Other
applications of lasers | Selected
laser
related web sites | Basic laser
science projects | Intermediate
laser science projects | Advanced
laser science projects | Illustrations
for laser science projects ]
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