{"paper_id":"6cb98c4c-11ee-45ef-a62f-1bc57803841e","body_text":"Abstract\nThe theoretical possibility of using laser energy in fertility surgery has existed ever since 1917, when Einstein published his quantum theory of radiation (Einstein 1917) but it was not until 1958 that Townes and Schavlow actually proposed the concept of stimulated emission of radiation to produce laser light (Schavlow and Townes 1958). Maiman (1960) created the first laser, a Ruby laser and for a long time this was an invention awaiting an application. In 1964 Patel, working for Bell Communications, developed the CO2 laser (Patel et al. 1964) but the argon laser was the first to be introduced into medicine and was used initially in ophthalmology. Since then lasers have been used to a greater or lesser extent in virtually all specialities (Sutton and Hodgson 1992).\nPreview\nUnable to display preview. 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Br J Obstet Gynaecol 98:637–642\nEditor information\nEditors and Affiliations\nRights and permissions\nCopyright information\n© 1994 Springer-Verlag London Limited\nAbout this paper\nCite this paper\nSutton, C. (1994). Laser Technology: Endometriosis and Tubal Surgery. In: Grudzinskas, J.G., Chapman, M.G., Chard, T., Djahanbakhch, O. (eds) The Fallopian Tube. Springer, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1987-6_12\nDownload citation\nDOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4471-1987-6_12\nPublisher Name: Springer, London\nPrint ISBN: 978-1-4471-1989-0\nOnline ISBN: 978-1-4471-1987-6\neBook Packages: Springer Book Archive\nKeywords\nThese keywords were added by machine and not by the authors. This process is experimental and the keywords may be updated as the learning algorithm improves.","source_license":"CC0","license_restricted":false}