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
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Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist. He was the co-inventor of the laser with Charles Townes.
ARTHUR SCHAWLOW, the J. G. Jackson and C. J. Wood Pro- fessor of Physics at Stanford University and coinventor of the laser, contributed to many aspects of ...
Arthur Leonard Schawlow was born in Mt. Vernon, New York in 1921, and his family moved to Toronto, Canada three years later. He studied mathematics and ...
Arthur Leonard Schawlow was born on May 5, 1921, in Mount Vernon, New York. As a child, Schawlow moved with his family to Canada. He attended the University ...