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Prototype Laser Interferometer

United States of America · Science / Physics. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

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1969

Robert Lull Forward1969

Malibu · Science / Physics

Forward and colleagues build an early laser interferometer for gravitational-wave research, demonstrating practical optical techniques that help establish interferometry as an alternative to resonant bars.

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Robert Lull Forward

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