Arthur Leonard Schawlow
American physicist
Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist who, along with Charles Townes, developed the theoretical basis for laser science. His central insight was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take maser action from microwaves to... Wikipedia
Born: May 5, 1921, Mount Vernon, NY
Died: April 28, 1999 (age 77 years), Palo Alto, CA
Awards: Frederic Ives Medal, Young Medal and Prize, Nobel Prize in Physics, and more
Education: University of Toronto (1949), University of Toronto (1942), University of Toronto (1941), and more
Known for: Laser spectroscopy; Laser cooling; Schawlow–Townes approximation
Notable students: Theodor W. Hänsch, Wendell T. Hill, Richard L. Greene, and more
Books
Microwave Spectroscopy
1954
Optics and Laser Spectroscopy, Bell Telephone Laboratories, 1951-1961, and Stanford University Since 1961
1998
A Life in Physics: Bell Telephone Laboratories and World War II, Columbia University and the Laser, MIT and Government Service, California and Research in Astrophysics
1994
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