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WorksheetsLaser Cutter History
Total questions: 11
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
When was the Nobel Prize awarded to the three scientists for their work with lasers?
1953
1960
1964
1970
