Oral history interview with Fred J. McClung, 1985 March 6.

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Oral history interview with Fred J. McClung, 1985 March 6.

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Composition of George F. Smith's laser group in the early 1960s; laser radar work at Malibu; work on Q-switching with Robert Hellwarth; discovery of the stimulated Raman effect, and some of the follow-up research; and the spirit of laser work at Hughes' laboratories in the early years.

Notes, 9 pp.

American Institute of Physics, Niels Bohr Library

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McClung, Fred W. (Fred Woody), 1909-1991

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