On the history of far-infrared (FIR) gas lasers: Thirty-five years of research and application

Hollow Metallic and Dielectric Waveguides for Long Distance Optical Transmission and Lasers

E. A. J. Marcatili, R. A. Schmeltzer · Bell System Technical Journal · 1964 · 1.4K citations

Natural Sciences, Materials Science, Physics +17

Analogy between higher instabilities in fluids and lasers

Hermann Haken · Physics Letters A · 1975 · 819 citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Fluid Dynamics +11

Observation of Dicke Superradiance in Optically Pumped HF Gas

N. Skribanowitz, Irving P. Herman, J. C. MacGillivray et al. · Physical Review Letters · 1973 · 762 citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Optics +14

Laser light scattering in laboratory plasmas

D. Evans, J. Katzenstein · Reports on Progress in Physics · 1969 · 418 citations

Natural Sciences, Physics, Optics +16

Laser action at 452, 496, and 541 μm in optically pumped CH3F

T. Y. Chang, Thomas J. Bridges · Optics Communications · 1970 · 353 citations

Natural Sciences, Chemistry, Physics +11