Schawlow
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Schawlow shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on laser light.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2018
In 1960, Dr. Townes and Schawlow, both future Nobel laureates, became the first scientists to receive recognition for the optical maser when Bell Labs filed a patent.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2015
Three years later, Dr. Townes and his brother-in-law, Bell Labs scientist Arthur L. Schawlow, proposed applying a similar process to lightwaves instead of microwaves.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 28, 2015
Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow gave us the maser.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 14, 2013
To prove that his predictions are not as far-out as they seem, Schawlow has built and will soon market a laser eraser, a model of which he has already attached to his own typewriter.
From Time Magazine Archive
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