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China's First Laser

Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics

In 1960, the world's first laser was developed at a lab in the USA. In 1961, the first ruby laser successfully debuted at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics. Compared with similar foreign products, this laser had superior performance, opening up the new research field of laser science and technology in China.

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