Laser amplifier
- ID-nummer
- 2018.010.002
- Titel
- Laser amplifier
- Objektkategori
- Vetenskapliga instrument, material & modeller
- Publik beskrivning
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During an experiment, a laser beam happened to hit one of Gerard Mourou’s students in the eye. When a doctor examined the damage, he asked which laser had caused it. When Mourou wondered why, he replied: “The injury is perfect!” The idea of using this type of laser as a precision instrument for eye surgery was born. This laser amplifier for use in eye surgery was developed at the University of Michigan in 1998.
Gerard Mourou donated the laser amplifier to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2018.
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