The paper describes the history of the creation of the first ruby laser in 1961 at the Lebedev Physical Institute (FIAN), the USSR Academy of Sciences, Moscow. Appendices present an excerpt of FIAN’s 1961 annual report and a talk at the Third International Congress on Quantum Electronics (1963), in which one of the first scientific results obtained with a laser is described.

PACS: 01.65.+g, 42.50.−p, 42.60.−v (all) DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.0181.201101h.0082 URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2011/1/h/ 000294812200008 2-s2.0-79959993603 2011PhyU...54...77L Citation: Leontovich A M, Chizhikova Z A "On the creation of the first ruby laser in Moscow" Phys. Usp. 54 77–85 (2011) BibTexBibNote ® (generic)BibNote ® (RIS)MedlineRefWorks Оригинал: Леонтович А М, Чижикова З А «О создании первого лазера на рубине в Москве» УФН 181 82–91 (2011); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.0181.201101h.0082