Possibly the first photograph of a laser beam
Abstract/Description: | According to Steve Jacobs, this was probably the first photograph of a laser beam. (Phony as it was, it was better than a red spot on a screen) The experiment demonstrated for the first time that you could do with light what had been done previously at radio frequencies. It was demonstrated that you could get ideal signal-to-noise for optical communication by Laser Optical Heterodyne Detection. Photo appeared on the cover of Electronics, a McGraw-Hill Weekly on July 12, 1963. |
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Subject(s): | Equipment and supplies Jacobs, Stephen F. |
Date Created: | circa 1962 |
Credit Line: | Photo by Stephen Jacobs, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Stephen Jacobs Collection |
Catalog ID: | Jacobs Stephen F4 |
Title: | Possibly the first photograph of a laser beam. |
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Name(s): | Stephen F. Jacobs, Donor | |
Type of Resource: | still image | |
Date Created: | circa 1962 | |
Extent: | 1 photographic print (color; 8.5 x 11 inches) | |
Abstract/Description: | According to Steve Jacobs, this was probably the first photograph of a laser beam. (Phony as it was, it was better than a red spot on a screen) The experiment demonstrated for the first time that you could do with light what had been done previously at radio frequencies. It was demonstrated that you could get ideal signal-to-noise for optical communication by Laser Optical Heterodyne Detection. Photo appeared on the cover of Electronics, a McGraw-Hill Weekly on July 12, 1963. | |
Identifier(s): | Jacobs Stephen F4 (Catalog ID) | |
Note(s): |
Credit Line: Photo by Stephen Jacobs, courtesy of AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Stephen Jacobs Collection |
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Subject(s): |
Equipment and supplies Jacobs, Stephen F. |
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Held by: | Niels Bohr Library & Archives | |
Copyright Holder: | American Institute of Physics | |
Related Title: | Stephen Jacobs Collection. | |
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