Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist. He was the co-inventor of the laser with Charles Townes. He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for his work using lasers to determine atomic energy levels with great precision.^[1][2]

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Born	(1921-05-05)May 5, 1921 Mount Vernon, New York, U.S.
Died	April 28, 1999(1999-04-28) (aged 77) Palo Alto, California, U.S.
Nationality	United States
Alma mater	University of Toronto
Known for	laser spectroscopy
Spouse	Aurelia Townes (m. 1951; 3 children)
Awards	Stuart Ballantine Medal (1962) Marconi Prize (1977) Nobel Prize for Physics (1981) National Medal of Science (1991)
Scientific career
Fields	Physics
Institutions	Bell Labs Columbia University Stanford University
Doctoral advisor	Malcolm Crawford

References

1. "Arthur L. Schawlow". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
2. Hänsch, Theodor W. (December 1999). "Obituary: Arthur Leonard Schawlow". Physics Today. 52 (12): 75–76. Bibcode:1999PhT....52l..75H. doi:10.1063/1.2802854.