Robert Hall prepares a diode laser.
Courtesy of General Electric Research and Development Center / American Institute of Physics, Emilio Segrè Visual Archives
(Left to right) Gunther Fenner, Robert Hall and Jack Kingsley of GE discuss the first diode laser.
Courtesy of General Electric
Close-up of an early diode laser at GE.
Courtesy of General Electric
The IBM team with a diode laser: (back, left to right) Gordon Lasher, Gerald Burns and Frederick H. Dill Jr.; (front, left to right) William P. Dumke and Marshall I. Nathan, seated
Courtesy of IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
The first red diode laser photographed in its own light.
Courtesy of Nick Holonyak Jr. / © [1987] IEEE. Reprinted, with permission, from N. Holonyak, "Semiconductor alloy lasers--1962," in IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics, vol. 23, no. 6, pp. 684-691, June 1987, doi: 10.1109/JQE.1987.1073455.
Nick Holonyak Jr. examining his laser diode.
Courtesy of Nick Holonyak Jr. / General Electric
(Left to right) Robert J. Keyes, Ted M. Quist and Robert Rediker with a semiconductor setup.
Reprinted, with permission, courtesy of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts
Close-up of an early diode laser at MIT Lincoln Lab.
Reprinted, with permission, courtesy of MIT Lincoln Laboratory, Lexington, Massachusetts