THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF LASER

The year 2010 will mark the 50th an-ni-ver-sary of the in-ven-tion of la-ser – one of the gre-a-test techni-cal ac-hi-e-ve-ments of hu-man-kind du-ring the last cen-tury. This pa-per reviews the ro-le and impact of la-ser in con-tem-po-rary li-fe, and its wi-de ran-ge of application in sci-en-ce, edu-ca-tion, industry, me-di-cal and mi-li-tary prac-ti-ce, agri-cul-tu-re, arche-o-logy, in-for-ma-tion tran-sfer, con-trol and di-ag-no-stics of ready ma-de go-ods, etc.