Professor
William Bruce Bridges
(
–
)
1934
2024
California Institute of Technology
;
Pasadena, CA
Electrical engineer; Educator; Company research staff member
Area
Mathematical and Physical Sciences
Specialty
Engineering and Technology
Elected
2005
Invented the Argon ion laser in 1964 as part of the proposal and demonstration of laser emission from noble gas ions. Continued to develop his invention until these lasers became important instruments in physics, chemistry, and biology laboratories, as well as for opthalmology.
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