Schawlow
Americannoun
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Schawlow shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on laser light.
From Scientific American ● Sep. 1, 2018
He was one of three physicists awarded the Nobel Prize in 1981, along with Kai M. Siegbahn of Sweden and Arthur L. Schawlow of the United States.
From Washington Post ● Sep. 9, 2017
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
Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow gave us the maser.
From Scientific American ● Oct. 14, 2013
His colleague Arthur Schawlow, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on developing the laser, agrees: "A laser battle station out in space would be a sitting duck."
From Time Magazine Archive
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