“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”
Charles Hard Townes was an American physicist who worked in quantum electronics. He shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics for fundamental work in quantum electronics that led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle.
- Field
- Physics · Laser Physics
- Lifespan
- 1915–2015