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Charles Townes

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Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist. He worked on the theory and application of the maser, the microwave predecessor of the laser, contributing to the fundamental work in quantum electronics that made possible oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser and laser principle. He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov for this work. Townes later directed astrophysical research at the University of California, Berkeley.

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Birth YearSourced to the subject's own account
1915 1
Birth DateSourced to the subject's own account
1915-07-28 1
Death DateSourced to the subject's own account
2015-01-27 1
Death YearSourced to the subject's own account
2015 1
FieldSourced to the subject's own account
Laser science 1
Death PlaceSourced to the subject's own account
Oakland, California, US 1
NationalitySourced to the subject's own account
American 1
Notable WorkSourced to the subject's own account
Inventing the maser, the microwave predecessor of the laser 1
BirthplaceSourced to the subject's own account
Greenville, South Carolina, US 1
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1. Charles H. Townes (Wikipedia)
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    Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 - January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices. He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov.
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    Greenville, South Carolina, US
  • infobox, death_place field
    Oakland, California, US
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