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

 
Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences, ul. Vavilova 38, Moscow, 119991, Russian Federation

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.

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Fulltext is also available at DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2024.07.039706
Keywords: Nobel Prize, masers, lasers, application of lasers
PACS: 01.65.+g, 42.55.−f, 42.60.−v (all)
DOI: 10.3367/UFNe.2024.07.039706
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2024/8/h/
Citation: Shcherbakov I A "On the 60th anniversary of Nobel Prize for discovery of laser-maser principle" Phys. Usp. 67 845–848 (2024)
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Received: 24th, June 2024, 2nd, July 2024

Оригинал: Щербаков И А «К 60-летию Нобелевской премии за открытие лазерно-мазерного принципа» УФН 194 899–902 (2024); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2024.07.039706

N.G. Basov, A.M. Prokhorov, and C.H. Townes are authors of Physics-Uspekhi

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