
Jeff Hecht
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LOCATION: Auburndale, MA, United States
Science and technology writer. Author of City of Light: The Story of Fiber Optics.
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Laser, a device that stimulates atoms or molecules to emit light at particular wavelengths and amplifies that light, typically producing a very narrow beam of radiation. The emission generally covers an extremely limited range of visible, infrared, or ultraviolet wavelengths. Many different types…
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