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In 1951, Townes conceived a new way to create intense, precise beams of coherent radiation, for which he invented the acronym maser (for Microwave Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation). When the same principle was applied to higher frequencies, the term laser was used (the word "light" substituting for the word "microwave").
Jan 27, 2015 · Biographical. Charles Hard Townes was born in Greenville, South Carolina, on July 28, 1915, the son of Henry Keith Townes, an attorney, and Ellen (Hard) Townes.
Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist, joint winner (with the Soviet physicists Aleksandr M. Prokhorov and Nikolay G. Basov) of the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1964 for his role in the invention of the maser and the laser. Townes studied at Furman University (B.A., B.S., 1935), Duke.
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Mar 18, 2015 · Charles Hard Townes transformed modern society by helping to invent the laser. He also made crucial contributions to astrophysics and infrared astronomy, and served as a US...
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Jan 27, 2015 · Facts. Photo from the Nobel Foundation archive. Charles Hard Townes. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964. Born: 28 July 1915, Greenville, SC, USA. Died: 27 January 2015, Berkeley, CA, USA. Affiliation at the time of the award: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA.
Jan 27, 2005 · Charles Townes’ pair of papers on the first maser in 1954 and 1955 laid the foundation for the laser era. C. Townes. Proud father. Charles Townes and his colleagues were the first to build a “maser,” which operated in the microwave frequency range. It was the precursor of the laser.
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Jan 28, 2015 · Charles H. Townes, a Nobel-winning physicist who helped invent the laser, speaking in 2005 on receiving the Templeton Prize, honoring his efforts to bridge the differences between science...
