Experimental Laser Crystal
Experimental Laser Crystal
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- Description (Brief)
- This ruby crystal was used in early laser experiments at Bell Telephone Laboratories in Murray Hill, New Jersey. The first laser-related object in the Museum's Electricity Collections, it was acquired only three years after Theodore Maiman made the first laser at Hughes Aircraft in May 1960.
- Object Name
- laser crystal
- ruby crystal
- date made
- 1962-03
- maker
- Bell Laboratories
- Physical Description
- ruby (overall material)
- Measurements
- overall: 1 9/16 in x 3/32 in; 3.96875 cm x.23812 cm
- ID Number
- EM.323405
- catalog number
- 323405
- accession number
- 251547
- Credit Line
- from Bell Telephone Laboratories, thru S. P. S. Porto
- subject
- Laser
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- Work and Industry: Electricity
- Science & Mathematics
- Data Source
- National Museum of American History
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