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Laser Cutter History

Total questions: 11

Worksheet time: 11mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

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

a)

Theodore Maiman

b)

Albert Einstein

c)

Amy Morgan

d)

Steve Jobs

2.

What does LASER stand for?

a)

light altering sensitive energy radar

b)

laser beam

c)

light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

3.

When was the first laser BUILT?

a)

1960

b)

1970

c)

1980

d)

1990

4.

Who is credited for building the first laser?

a)

Steve Jobs

b)

Amy Morgan

c)

Albert Einstein

d)

Thodore Maiman

5.

What did New Jerseyan Kumar Patel invent in 1964?

a)

Carbon Dioxide laser

b)

Oxygen laser

c)

Hydrogen laser

d)

Water laser

6.

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

a)

20,000

b)

40,000

c)

10,000

d)

50,000

7.

What are the three main types of laser cutters?

a)

fiber, Nd:YAG, Nd: YVO

b)

Vanadate, crystal, CO2

c)

gas, fiber, crystal

d)

CO2, gas, crystal

8.

When did commercial applications of fiber lasers become popular?

a)

1980s

b)

1990s

c)

2000s

d)

1940

9.

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

a)

2

b)

3

c)

4

d)

5

10.

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

a)

Patel, Prokhorov, Basov

b)

Einstein, Maiman, Townes

c)

Morgan, Case, Bellezza

d)

Townes, Prokhorov, Basov

11.

When was the Nobel Prize awarded to the three scientists for their work with lasers?

a)

1953

b)

1960

c)

1964

d)

1970