Bennett, William Ralph, 1930-2008.
William R. Bennett papers, 1922-circa 1988 (bulk 1958-1996).
The papers of William Ralph Bennett span 1922-circa 1998, with the bulk of the material dating from 1958 to 1996. Bennett was on the technical staff of Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1959 to 1962 where with Ali Javan he developed and built the first gas (helium-neon) laser, an invention that made applications and devices such as laser surgery, supermarket scanners, and compact disk players practicable. Other prominent figures mentioned include V. P. Chebotaev, Gordon Gould and Jack Steinberger.
Ph.D., physics, Columbia University (1957). Professor of physics and applied science, professor emeritus of engineering, applied science and physics, Yale University. Research in lasers and gas lasers.
Bennett, William Ralph, 1930-2008.
Chebotaev, V. P. (Veniamin Pavlovich), 1938-
Gould, Gordon, 1920-2005
Javan, Ali, 1926-
Steinberger, J.
Bell Telephone Laboratories
Lasers
AIP-ICOS
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