Inside Laser Focus
September 1965
■ Laser beacon experiment added to Gemini Five schedule
■ Lasers produce large-screen displays
■ Laser high-speed photography system under development
■ He-Ne laser wins WESCON ‘Pacemaker’ award
■ CW ruby Fabry-Perot lasers emit pure transverse modes at high power levels
■ Digital unit designed for radar/laser rangefinders
■ Who buys lasers and why
■ The laser as an industrial tool
■ Laser microwelding system handles production runs
■ Laser microprobe analyzes art objects
■ Metal plasma tube ups ion laser power, life
■ Laser communications aided by new detector, modulator
■ More on 10-mile laser voice system
■ Plasma torch aids crystal growth
Photographic research engineer Matt Lehmann of Stanford University is shown monitoring the operation of a laser movie set used to produce the first live holographic motion pictures. Included in the complex arrangement are a helium-neon laser light source (left background), a lensless camera (the black box immediately in front of Lehmann), mirrors, split laser beams, and a specially designed four-ton stable table. Click here to enlarge image
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