Oral history interview with James Pleister Wittke, 1983 Sept. 13.

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Oral history interview with James Pleister Wittke, 1983 Sept. 13.

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Research on masers and lasers at RCA's Princeton Laboratories, 1955-1961. Work on the Dicke hot-grid cell maser. The 3-level solid-state maser program. Entrance into laser-work after Theodore Maiman's announcement of an operating ruby laser. Also prominently mentioned are: Nicolaas Bloembergen, Robert Henry Dicke, Hank Reudrich Gerritsen, Herriott, Ali Javan, Henry Lewis, Theodore Maiman, and Rolf Peter.

Transcript, 16 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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Dicke, Robert H. (Robert Henry)

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Dicke was born in 1916; died in 1997. From the description of Response to Laser History Project Survey, 1983. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 83716264 ...

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Bromberg, Joan Lisa

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Bloembergen, Nicolaas

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Maiman, Theodore H., 1927-2007

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Wittke, James P.

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