First Laser - Google Logo Honors Theodore Harold Maiman's Invention

First Laser - The Ruby Laser First Laser: Google Logo on 16th May 2008 The new Google logo celebrates an important milestone in the history of inventions i.e.: the discovery of First Laser by Theodore Harold Maiman on May 16th, 1960. Theodore Harold Maiman: The Inventor of Ruby Laser To honor this greatest achievement of all time Google has designed a special logo which can be seen here. Moreover, it has also linked its homepage to "First Laser" results page. In past, google had also celebrated the TCP/IP protocol invention on its January 1, 2008's logo. This first laser was called a Ruby Laser and is considered as one of the greatest modern day inventions. It was a solid-state laser that used a synthetic ruby crystal as its gain medium. Modern day lasers are used in many fields like: consumer electronics, information technology, science, medicine, industry, law enforcement, entertainment, the military etc. First Laser - Ruby Laser Pictures Photos Images Theodore Harold Maiman Pictures Photos : The Inventor of First Laser Visit following links for details: The Invention: Ruby Laser at Wikipedia The Inventor: Theodore Harold Maiman at Wikipedia Laser Article at Wikipedia