Laser Cutter History

Who first THOUGHT of the principle of a laser (but didn't actually create it)?

• Theodore Maiman

• Albert Einstein

• Amy Morgan

• Steve Jobs

What does LASER stand for?

• light altering sensitive energy radar

• laser beam

• light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

When was the first laser BUILT?

• 1960

• 1970

• 1980

• 1990

Who is credited for building the first laser?

• Steve Jobs

• Amy Morgan

• Albert Einstein

• Thodore Maiman

What did New Jerseyan Kumar Patel invent in 1964?

• Carbon Dioxide laser

• Oxygen laser

• Hydrogen laser

• Water laser

About how many laser cutters were in use worldwide in the 1980s?

• 20,000

• 40,000

• 10,000

• 50,000

What are the three main types of laser cutters?

• fiber, Nd:YAG, Nd: YVO

• Vanadate, crystal, CO2

• gas, fiber, crystal

• CO2, gas, crystal

When did commercial applications of fiber lasers become popular?

• 1980s

• 1990s

• 2000s

• 1940

How many scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for their work with lasers?

• 2

• 3

• 4

• 5

Which three scientists won the Nobel Prize in physics for their work with lasers?

• Patel, Prokhorov, Basov

• Einstein, Maiman, Townes

• Morgan, Case, Bellezza

• Townes, Prokhorov, Basov