Lasers
Devices that emit light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of electromagnetic radiation.
Core metadata
- ID: lasers
- Era: Modern
- First known date: 1960 (exact)
- Region: United States and global photonics industry
- Review status: source_checked
- Maturity: N/A
Prerequisites
- Early Optics (early_optics)
- Electronics (electronics)
- Masers (Early Development) (masers_early)
- Quantum Physics (quantum_physics)
Dependents
- Metal Additive Manufacturing (additive_manufacturing_metal)
- Space-Based Advanced Optics (advanced_optics_space_based)
- Dense Wavelength-Division Multiplexing (dense_wavelength_division_multiplexing)
- Direct Energy Weapons (direct_energy_weapons)
- DUV Stepper Lithography (duv_stepper_lithography)
- EUV Lithography (euv_lithography)
- Fiber Optics (fiber_optics)
- Fusion Power (Early Reactors) (fusion_power_early_reactors)
- Laser Scanners (laser_scanners)
- Quantum Communications (quantum_communications)
- Quantum Computing (quantum_computing)
- Quantum Sensors (High Precision Measurement) (quantum_sensors_high_precision_measurement)
- Silicon Photonics Interconnects (silicon_photonics_interconnects)
- Submarine Fiber-Optic Cables (submarine_fiber_optic_cables)
- Wireless Power Transmission (Long Range) (wireless_power_transmission_long_range)
Fields
- None.
Node sources
- The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 (Nobel Prize, 1964, museum) • Supports: node
Prerequisite edge evidence
Edge/source evidence summary:
- Prerequisite edges: 4
- Average edge confidence: 72%
- Prerequisite sources: 4
- expert_inference: 4
| Prerequisite | Type | Confidence | Evidence level | Note | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quantum Physics (quantum_physics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Quantum Physics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Electronics (electronics) | enabling | 68% | expert_inference | Electronics provides a capability that enables this technology without being the only possible path. |
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| Early Optics (early_optics) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Early Optics is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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| Masers (Early Development) (masers_early) | historical_predecessor | 75% | expert_inference | Masers (Early Development) is an earlier historical predecessor or foundation, not a one-to-one engineering dependency. |
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