Arthur Leonard Schawlow
American physicist.
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In 1951,In 1951, he married Aurelia Townes, younger sister of his postdoctoral advisor, Charles Townes. They had three children.
In 1951, he married Aurelia Townes, younger sister of his postdoctoral advisor, Charles Townes. They had three children.
Schawlow died of leukemia in Palo Alto, California.
Although his research focused on optics, in particular, lasers and their use in spectroscopy, he also pursued investigations in the areas of superconductivity and nuclear resonance.
Schawlow was born in Mount Vernon, New York.
He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas BloembergenNicolaas Bloembergen and Kai SiegbahnKai Siegbahn for his work using lasers to determine atomic energy levels with great precision.
He shared the 1981the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for his work using lasers to determine atomic energy levels with great precision.
Was an American physicist and co-inventor of the laser with Charles Townes.
His central insight, which Townes overlooked, was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take maser action from microwaves to visible wavelengths.
Was an American physicist and co-inventor of the laser with Charles Townes. His central insight, which Townes overlooked, was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take maser action from microwaves to visible wavelengths. He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for his work using lasers to determine atomic energy levels with great precision.
wasWas an American physicist and co-inventor of the laser with Charles Townes. His central insight, which Townes overlooked, was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take maser action from microwaves to visible wavelengths. He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for his work using lasers to determine atomic energy levels with great precision.
was an American physicist and co-inventor of the laser with Charles Townes. His central insight, which Townes overlooked, was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take maser action from microwaves to visible wavelengths. He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for his work using lasers to determine atomic energy levels with great precision.
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
American physicist.
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