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UFN, 2024 Volume 194, Number 8, Pages 899–902 (Mi ufn15926)

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FROM THE HISTORY OF PHYSICS

On the 60th anniversary of Nobel Prize for discovery of laser-maser principle

I. A. Shcherbakov

Prokhorov General Physics Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow

Abstract: The paper describes a brief history of the 1964 Nobel Prize received by N G Basov, A M Prokhorov, and Charles Townes 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.” The role of domestic scientists in the advent of new areas of physics and industrial and medical technologies based on the use of lasers is emphasized.

Keywords: Nobel Prize, masers, lasers, application of lasers.

PACS: 01.65.+g, 42.55.-f, 42.60.-v

Received: June 24, 2024
Accepted: July 2, 2024

DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2024.07.039706


 English version:
Physics–Uspekhi, 2024, 67:8, 845–848

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