Laser: Revision history

27 December 2024

• curprev 00:5500:55, 27 December 2024 AnomieBOT talk contribs m 122,732 bytes +19 Dating maintenance tags: {{Cn}}
• curprev 00:3400:34, 27 December 2024 Johnjbarton talk contribs 122,713 bytes −107 →As weapons: merge two paragraphs with similar content
• curprev 00:0300:03, 27 December 2024 Txalec talk contribs m 122,820 bytes +4 grammatical correction

16 December 2024

• curprev 04:5804:58, 16 December 2024 OAbot talk contribs m 122,816 bytes +17 Open access bot: doi updated in citation with #oabot.

14 December 2024

• curprev 01:5801:58, 14 December 2024 Cewbot talk contribs m 122,799 bytes 0 Fixing broken anchor: 2021-12-08 #Continuous wave operation→Laser#Continuous-wave operation

13 December 2024

• curprev 22:5222:52, 13 December 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 122,799 bytes +76 Altered template type. Add: doi, pages, issue, volume, date, journal. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Abductive | Category:Soviet inventions | #UCB_Category 64/237

10 December 2024

• curprev 13:2013:20, 10 December 2024 Arjayay talk contribs 122,723 bytes −2 we don't need both "a" and "an" as separate words before "acronym" in the explanation of "anacronym"
• curprev 05:4705:47, 10 December 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 122,725 bytes +11 originated as
• curprev 00:5200:52, 10 December 2024 Johnjbarton talk contribs 122,714 bytes +1 Undid revision 1262133888 by Arjayay (talk) Sorry, please see Talk page. This is not a common work and the sourcing is weak. Most sources say acronym. If you have other sources please add to Terminology Tag: Undo

9 December 2024

• curprev 20:0620:06, 9 December 2024 Arjayay talk contribs m 122,713 bytes −1 Sp Tag: Reverted
• curprev 17:0317:03, 9 December 2024 Johnjbarton talk contribs 122,714 bytes −53 →top: Remove external link and "anacronym" from intro as this word is not commonly used even with "laser".
• curprev 17:0117:01, 9 December 2024 Johnjbarton talk contribs 122,767 bytes +814 →Terminology: Add sentence with refs specific to "anacronym" Tag: ProveIt edit
• curprev 16:5416:54, 9 December 2024 Johnjbarton talk contribs 121,953 bytes −138 →Terminology: The claim in this sentence does not appear in the reference (Jeff Hecht). However Hecht does discuss the LOSER acronym so leave the ref.

1 December 2024

• curprev 18:1118:11, 1 December 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 122,091 bytes −52 →Fundamentals: More citations were added.

30 November 2024

• curprev 01:3901:39, 30 November 2024 Johnjbarton talk contribs 122,143 bytes −627 →Fundamentals: Replace some nonsense with content based on Hecht + ref Tag: ProveIt edit

29 November 2024

• curprev 20:3820:38, 29 November 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 122,770 bytes +76 Alter: journal, url, template type, title, page. URLs might have been anonymized. Add: chapter-url, isbn, chapter, pmid, doi, pages, issue, volume, journal, authors 1-1. Removed or converted URL. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Headbomb | Linked from Wikipedia:WikiProject_Academic_Journals/Journals_cited_by_Wikipedia/Sandbox | #UCB_webform_linked 112/205

17 November 2024

• curprev 05:3405:34, 17 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 122,694 bytes −357 Rv. Not sure this merits coverage, and even if it did a reliable secondary source would be needed. Wait until it has been confirmed and put into context by other researchers, at least. Tag: Undo

16 November 2024

• curprev 20:0720:07, 16 November 2024 Vegan416 talk contribs 123,051 bytes +357 →The light emitted: shadow cast by laser Tags: Reverted Visual edit

15 November 2024

• curprev 04:2804:28, 15 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 122,694 bytes +296 femto->atto, per talk

4 November 2024

• curprev 00:3800:38, 4 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 122,398 bytes −19 Edit roughly as proposed on the talk page
• curprev 00:3400:34, 4 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs m 122,417 bytes +8 →Quantum vs. classical emission processes: typography
• curprev 00:1500:15, 4 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 122,409 bytes +3,472 →As weapons: Summarize from Laser weapon

3 November 2024

• curprev 23:4223:42, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 118,937 bytes −112 →Uses: WP:NPOV reduce opinion; who "invented" it depends on the definition one chooses for "invent". This paragraph doesn't require any particular view on who the "inventor" was. Optelecom was a decade later; not in context here.
• curprev 23:3323:33, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,049 bytes −315 This was not true at the time. That patent was granted many years later. The issue is too complicated to introduce in this paragraph with proper context.
• curprev 23:2723:27, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,364 bytes +67 This sentence doesn't work well as it is.
• curprev 19:2419:24, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,297 bytes +11 →History: Rv changes that seem to be based on misunderstanding here. An "optical maser" is a laser in modern terminology, not a maser. See the terminology section.
• curprev 19:1719:17, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,286 bytes −6 →Continuous-wave operation: better phrasing
• curprev 19:1519:15, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,292 bytes −34 →Quantum vs. classical emission processes: Need another comma. Rm dubious tag for something that is not really dubious (and I don't see a discussion on the talk page explaining what the tagger had in mind)
• curprev 19:1219:12, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,326 bytes −4 →The light emitted: Don't need a definite article here (even if it were spelled correctly)
• curprev 19:1119:11, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,330 bytes 0 →Gain medium and cavity: Undo change away from logical quotation"
• curprev 19:0819:08, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,330 bytes −4 →Terminology: simpler and more direct
• curprev 19:0319:03, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,334 bytes +10 →top: re-edit
• curprev 18:5818:58, 3 November 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 119,324 bytes 0 "focused to" is correct here. The spot is not something external you focus on; the spot is a spot of light. The beam is focused down until it becomes a small spot of light.

1 November 2024

• curprev 17:4517:45, 1 November 2024 IcyDwarves talk contribs m 119,324 bytes −6 →As weapons: does not need to be in bold, per MOS
• curprev 17:4217:42, 1 November 2024 IcyDwarves talk contribs 119,330 bytes +3,519 punctuation tweaks, improved sourcing, general fixes

21 October 2024

• curprev 23:0123:01, 21 October 2024 Anon423 talk contribs m 115,811 bytes −89 copyedit punctuation, wordiness Tag: Visual edit

10 October 2024

• curprev 20:5120:51, 10 October 2024 Meters talk contribs 115,900 bytes 0 Undid revision 1250503043 by John Kryten (talk) caps not needed. "laser" has long since become a standard English word Tag: Undo
• curprev 20:2120:21, 10 October 2024 John Kryten talk contribs 115,900 bytes 0 Acronyms are normally written in captials I changed the text to how it would naturally be written in English Tags: Reverted Visual edit Mobile edit Mobile web edit

27 August 2024

• curprev 02:3002:30, 27 August 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 115,900 bytes −445 Misc citation tidying. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | #UCB_CommandLine

17 August 2024

• curprev 16:0116:01, 17 August 2024 Bkonrad talk contribs 116,345 bytes −19 does not redirect here Tag: Manual revert
• curprev 14:4114:41, 17 August 2024 162 etc. talk contribs m 116,364 bytes +19 No edit summary Tags: Reverted Disambiguation links added

31 July 2024

• curprev 04:0904:09, 31 July 2024 GreenC bot talk contribs 116,345 bytes −39 Move 1 url. Wayback Medic 2.5 per WP:URLREQ#ieee.org

2 July 2024

• curprev 03:5403:54, 2 July 2024 Pancho507 talk contribs 116,384 bytes +29 →See also: add Ultrashort pulse laser

28 May 2024

• curprev 09:3209:32, 28 May 2024 Red Book Librarian talk contribs 116,355 bytes −52 Giving Pearsall page numbers where requested

15 May 2024

• curprev 19:2819:28, 15 May 2024 Beland talk contribs m 116,407 bytes 0 mu not micro per MOS:NUM#Specific units and Unicode compatibility characters (via WP:JWB)

7 April 2024

• curprev 15:4615:46, 7 April 2024 HenryMP02 talk contribs 116,407 bytes 0 →Dye lasers: fix typo "die" -> "dye"

6 April 2024

• curprev 19:3819:38, 6 April 2024 Srleffler talk contribs 116,407 bytes −33 →Bubble lasers: This doesn't need its own section. It's just another kind of dye laser. Cleanup and wikify

5 April 2024

• curprev 17:2017:20, 5 April 2024 Citation bot talk contribs 116,440 bytes +6 Altered template type. Added magazine. Removed parameters. Some additions/deletions were parameter name changes. | Use this bot. Report bugs. | Suggested by Whoop whoop pull up | #UCB_webform 867/3364

2 April 2024

• curprev 22:0722:07, 2 April 2024 HenryMP02 talk contribs 116,434 bytes +752 →Types and operating principles: added Bubble laser

16 February 2024

• curprev 03:2603:26, 16 February 2024 Jlahorn talk contribs 115,682 bytes +526 →Safety: Added citations for the Gillette measurement and dangers of the first laser.