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Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 - Townes, Basov and Prokhorov

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Audience/Grade: College Freshman - Continuing Education
Discipline(s): Electrical Engineering
History of Science and Technology
Physics
Learning Resource Type: Reference - Article/Document
Media Type:

 WWW
Author(s): Nobel Prize.org
Description: The Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 was awarded to Charles Hard Townes, Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov and Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle".
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Keywords: lasers, history of technology, masars
   
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Use of Resource: The Nobel website has a biography, nobel lecture, interview, presentation speech and other resources.
Difficulty: Medium
Interactivity Level: Low

   
Version Info
Publication Date: 2008
Platform/Format: WWW
Cost: Free
Download URL: http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1964/index...
Metadata: IEEE LOM Record
Collection: NEEDS NEEDS