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BIRTH OF THE MASER AND LASER

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Optical Chemical Sensors

Part of the book series: NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry ((NAII,volume 224))

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Thank you. I’m enormously pleased to be here. I know that this School in Erice was formed some time ago, but this is my first opportunity to be here. Erice is a wonderful city. In addition, I think very highly of the Ettore Majorana Foundation, the Schools, and the Courses here.

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Townes, C.H. (2006). BIRTH OF THE MASER AND LASER. In: Baldini, F., Chester, A., Homola, J., Martellucci, S. (eds) Optical Chemical Sensors. NATO Science Series II: Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry, vol 224. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4611-1_1

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