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An introduction to atmospheric lidar for high school students. Lidar can be considered like radar
but using light instead of radio waves.
http://pcl.physics.uwo.ca/pclhtml/introlidar/introlidarf.html
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Lasers
FAQ-like text covering the safe operation and creation of homemade lasers.
http://www.iks-jena.de/mitarb/lutz/verein/funknetz/1/lasersam.html
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Laser Tutorial
Basic explanation of the operation of a laser.
http://members.aol.com/WSRNet/tut/ut1.htm
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The Laser Adventure
[Windows-based computer preferred for best viewing experience.] In English and Hebrew. A course
on "Lasers and their Applications" developed by Rami Arieli for grades 11-12 and
college level.
http://stwww.weizmann.ac.il/lasers/
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What You Should Know When Buying a Laser Pointer
Basic types of laser pointers, their operation and safe use.
http://www.users.qwest.net/~dean2/whattono.html
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Scientific American: Frozen Light
Slowing a beam of light to a halt may pave the way for new optical communications technology,
tabletop black holes and quantum computers By Lene Vestergaard Hau
http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=000BAEB1-B2AA-1C6F-84A9809EC588EF21
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Don K's Laser Page
So you want a working diode laser? Gives information on laser diode pointers.
http://members.misty.com/don/laserdon.html
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How a Laser Works
A tutorial from Livermore National Labs.
http://www.llnl.gov/nif/library/aboutlasers/how.html
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Argon Gas Laser System
The argon laser was invented in 1964 by William Bridges at Hughes Aircraft and is one of a family
of ion lasers that use a noble gas as the active medium. This laser is used in many applications.
http://www.rli.com/resources/argon.asp
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The Invention of the Laser at Bell Labs, 1958 - 1998
Laser history, written by the lab where it happened.
http://www.bell-labs.com/history/laser/
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Laser Ablation in Art Restoration
Details a Dublin City Univesity (Ireland) project completed by Michael Allen, Fintan McKiernan and
Niall Bolger, December 2002. Project deals with the use of laser ablation in the restoration of
art works.
http://www.student.dcu.ie/~allenm2/qindex.html
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Laser History
Heavily hyperlinked history of the laser from time of Einstein to present day, from microwave
lasers to optical and x-ray lasers. Emphasis on lasers discovered in space and lasers in astronomy.
http://home.achilles.net/~jtalbot/history/
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