L.G. van Uitert

Laser crystals in ultraviolet light. Fluorescence indicates that a crystal may produce laser action. When lasing, this fluorescence is 'harnessed' and emitted as a high intensity beam of coherent, monochromatic light. The crystal shown in L.G. Van Uitert's hands is a scheelite, which was pulled from a melt, Bell Laboratories., Credit Line: Bell Laboratories / Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Hecht Collection
Abstract/Description: Laser crystals in ultraviolet light. Fluorescence indicates that a crystal may produce laser action. When lasing, this fluorescence is 'harnessed' and emitted as a high intensity beam of coherent, monochromatic light. The crystal shown in L.G. Van Uitert's hands is a scheelite, which was pulled from a melt, Bell Laboratories.
Subject(s): Laboratories
Equipment and supplies
Microscopes
Lasers
Crystals
Van Uitert, LeGrand G.
Date Created: circa 1960
Credit Line: Bell Laboratories / Alcatel-Lucent USA Inc., courtesy AIP Emilio Segrè Visual Archives, Hecht Collection
Catalog ID: Van Uitert L G F1