Bridges, William B., 1934-
William B. Bridges response to Laser History Project Survey, circa 1984.
Short autobiography and a document, entitled: Notes on Gas Laser Research at the Hughes Research Laboratories, for George E. Smith. In this document, Bridges describes his work on helium-neon and carbon dioxide lasers with Al Feldman, Nick George, Mal Currie, Jack Nevins, Dave Hotz, Andy Anderson, Steve Halsted, Bob Frieberg, Mike Smith, Neil Mercer, Dave Rensch, Ron Stevens, Jim Wada, Art Chester and Jerry Parker. File also includes a list of publications and patents.
American physicist. Ph.D. electrical engineering, University of California, Berkeley (1962). Professional experience includes: associate editor of Journal of Quantum Electronics, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1977-1982); journal editor, director, Optical Society of America (1977-1984); technical staff, laser department manager, senior scientist, consultant, Hughes Aircraft Company Research Labs (later HRL LLC) (1960-); executive officer, Carl F. Brawn professor of engineering, emeritus, California Institute of Technology (1977-).
Bridges, William B., 1934-
Bridges, William B., 1934- Notes on gas laser research at the Hughes Research Laboratories.
Hughes Aircraft Company. Research Laboratories.
Carbon dioxide lasers -- Research.
Gas lasers -- Research.
Helium-neon lasers -- Research.
Lasers -- History.
Lasers -- Research.
Physicists -- Biography.
Physics
Autobiographies. aat aat
Anderson, Andy.
Chester, Art.
Currie, Malcolm.
Feldman, Al.
Frieberg, Bob.
George, Nick.
Halsted, Steve.
Hotz, Dave.
Mercer, Neil.
Nevins, Jack.
Parker, Jerry.
Rensch, Dave.
Smith, George E. 1930-
Smith, Mike.
Stevens, Ron.
Wada, Jim.
Hughes Research Laboratories -- Research.
AIP-ICOS
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