Kwabo bangaziyo ukuba i-LASER sisifinyezo esimele i-Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation. Le laser yasungulwa ngo-1960 yingcali yefiziksi yaseMelika uTheodore H. Maiman, kodwa kwada kwaba ngo-1967 apho ugqirha waseHungary nogqirha uGqr. Andre Mester wafumana khona ixabiso elikhulu lokunyanga. I-Ruby Laser yayisisixhobo sokuqala se-laser esakha sakhiwa.
Esebenza kwiYunivesithi yaseSemelweiss eBudapest, uGqr. Mester ngempazamo wafumanisa ukuba ukukhanya kwelaser yeruby ephantsi kunokukhulisa iinwele kwakhona kwiimpuku. Ngexesha lovavanyo awayezama ukuphinda uphando lwangaphambili olwafumanisa ukuba ukukhanya okubomvu kunokunciphisa iithumba kwiimpuku, uMester wafumanisa ukuba iinwele zikhula ngokukhawuleza kwiimpuku ezinyangiweyo kunakwiimpuku ezinganyangwanga.
UGqr. Mester ukwafumanise ukuba ukukhanya kwelaser ebomvu kunokukhawulezisa inkqubo yokuphiliswa kwamanxeba angaphezulu kwiimpuku. Emva kokufunyanwa koku, waseka iZiko loPhando lweLaser kwiYunivesithi yaseSemelweiss, apho wasebenza khona ubomi bakhe bonke.
Unyana kaGqr. Andre Mester, uAdam Mester, waxelwa kwinqaku elibhalwe yiNew Scientist ngo-1987, kwiminyaka engama-20 emva kokufunyanwa kukayise, ukuba wayesebenzisa iilaser ukunyanga izilonda 'ezinganyangekiyo'. “Uthatha izigulane ezithunyelwe zezinye iingcali ezazingenakwenza nto ingaphezulu ngazo,” lifundeka eli nqaku. Kwabali-1300 abanyangiweyo ukuza kuthi ga ngoku, uphumelele ukuphiliswa ngokupheleleyo ngama-80 ekhulwini kwaye ukuphiliswa okuncinci ngama-15 ekhulwini.” Aba ngabantu abaye kugqirha wabo kodwa abazange bakwazi ukuncedwa. Ngequbuliso batyelela uAdam Mester, kwaye ama-80 ekhulwini abantu bonke baphiliswa kusetyenziswa iilaser ezibomvu.
Okubangel’ umdla kukuba, ngenxa yokungaqondi kakuhle indlela ii-laser ezizisa ngayo iziphumo zazo ezilungileyo, izazinzulu ezininzi kunye noogqirha ngelo xesha babesithi zibangelwa 'ngumlingo.' Kodwa namhlanje, ngoku siyazi ukuba asingomlingo; siyazi kakuhle indlela esebenza ngayo.
EMantla Melika, uphando oluvela kukukhanya okubomvu aluzange luqale ukusebenza de kwaba malunga nonyaka wama-2000. Ukususela ngoko, umsebenzi wokupapasha ukhule kakhulu, ingakumbi kwiminyaka yakutshanje.
