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Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist. [4] [5] 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.
Jan 27, 2015 · In early 1954, the first amplification and generation of electromagnetic waves by stimulated emission were obtained. Dr. Townes and his students coined the word “maser” for this device, which is an acronym for microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation.
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.
Jan 27, 2015 · 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.
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 presidential science...
Jan 27, 2005 · 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.
Jan 27, 2015 · Awards Council member and Nobel Prize laureate Dr. Charles H. Townes presenting the American Academy of Achievement’s Golden Plate Award to Frederick Sanger at the 2000 International Achievement Summit in London.
