Gordon Gould was an American physicist who worked out the principles of the laser in a notebook in 1957 and coined the word laser there, but delayed filing a patent application until 1959, after which he spent nearly three decades in litigation before winning key laser patents in the 1970s and 1980s.
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Coined the term laser and developed early laser design concepts.
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Source A History of TechnologyCharles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors
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The Laser, Inventions Why this is disputed. Gould's 1957 notebook, later notarized, documents the laser's operating principles and the word "laser" itself three years before Maiman built a working device, but Gould did not file for a patent until 1959 and had to fight for patent recognition for nearly three decades.
Source Technology: A World HistoryDaniel R. Headrick
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1. A History of Technology
Charles Singer, E. J. Holmyard, A. R. Hall and Trevor I. Williams, editors, Oxford University Press, 1954- Birth Year: 1920
- Death Year: 2005
- Nationality: American
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Richard Gordon Gould (July 17, 1920, September 16, 2005) was an American physicist who is sometimes credited with the invention of the laser and the optical amplifier.
- In Group: Optoelectronics and Display Pioneers, lead paragraph: laser, optical amplifier or display technology invention stated in own article
View the SourceTechnology: A World History
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