William R. Bennett, Jr.
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Professor William R. Bennett was co-inventor of the first gas laser (the helium-neon laser), discovered the argon ion laser, was first to observe spectral hole burning effects in gas lasers, and created a theory of hole burning effects on laser oscillation. He was co-discoverer of lasers using electron impact excitation in each of the noble gases, dissociative excitation transfer in the neon-oxygen laser (the first chemical laser), and collision excitation in several metal vapor lasers.
Bennett is an emeritus professor at Yale University. He received a Ph.D. from Columbia University.
He has written eight books, twelve patents and over 120 research papers.
