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Fishing with a Green Laser

GTE Sylvania Incorporated1969

Science History Institute

Science History Institute
Philadelphia, United States

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.

Details

  • Title: Fishing with a Green Laser
  • Creator: GTE Sylvania Incorporated
  • Date Created: 1969
  • Provenance: Science History Institute
  • Subject Keywords: lasers, electrooptics, rare earths
  • Rights: No Known Copyright
  • External Link: View our digital collections
  • Medium: paper

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