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Fishing with a Green Laser

  • 1969

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Color print advertisement for Sylvania General Telephone and Electronics Company depicting the trajectory of green laser lights reflecting off of a school of fish. The advertisement text describes the company's development of a green light laser that uses an Nd:YAG (neodymium-doped yttrium aluminum garnet) crystal as the gain medium, rather than argon gas.

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  • 8 in. W x 11.25 in. H
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  • Verizon Communications, Inc.
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  • Box 632.7.1 Ephemera Box 1

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GTE Sylvania Incorporated. “Fishing with a Green Laser.” Paper (fiber product), 1969. Science History Institute. Philadelphia. https://digital.sciencehistory.org/works/d7hd63n.

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