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. He was a key inventor of the laser and won the nobel prize for his discovery in 1964. Townes was born in greenville, south carolina, on july 28, 1915. Charles townes was the experimental physicist who invented the laser now indispensable in science, technology, and medicine.
Charles hard townes, american physicist, joint winner with the soviet physicists aleksandr m. Charles hard townes, corecipient of the 1964 nobel prize in physics for his coinventions of the maser and. He also made crucial contributions to astrophysics and infrared astronomy, and served as. Charles townes charlie to his family, friends and close colleagues was born on july 28, 1915, in greenville, south carolina, the fourth of six.
Charles townes pair of papers on the first maser in 1954 and 1955 laid the foundation for the laser era. Townes, the coinventor of the laser and a nobel laureate in physics, has died. Charlie townes manager, creative technologies l brands. Definition, synonyms, translations of towned by the free dictionary.
Townes received the 1964 nobel prize in physics for his work. Charles townes, professor emeritus of physics at the university of california. Contact townes, pc, in colonial heights, virginia, at 888 3429918 for more details about how our company can swiftly erect your commercial or residential building. The nobel prize in physics 1964 was divided, one half awarded to charles hard townes, the other half jointly to nicolay gennadiyevich basov and aleksandr mikhailovich prokhorov for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics. Basov of the nobel prize for physics in 1964 for his role in the invention of the maser and the laser. Towned definition of towned by the free dictionary. The nobel prize in physics 1964 was divided, one half awarded to charles hard townes, the other half jointly to nicolay gennadiyevich basov and aleksandr mikhailovich prokhorov for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maserlaser principle. Charles townes and his colleagues were the first to build a maser, which operated in the microwave frequency range. Speak with your teachers at school or your parents if you are homeschooled or one of your cub scout leaders about your interest in earning the webelos scout supernova award. In this march 9, 2005, file photo, charles townes speaks after winning the templeton prize in new york. Charles hard townes transformed modern society by helping to invent the laser.
Townes, inventor of the maser and coinventor, with arthur schawlow, of the laser, takes us on a behindthescenes tour of his unique and startlingly productive and creative way of working. And yet, according to charles hard townes, winner of a nobel prize in physics and a uc berkeley professor in the graduate school, they are united by similar goals. Printing, embroidery, and promotional products company opened for business. Nobel prize winner charles townes on evolution and. He attended the greenville public schools, furman university where he received a double degree in physics and modern languages, duke university and cal tech, where he received his ph. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play cds, scan prices at the. Charles hard townes july 28, 1915 january 27, 2015 was an american physicist and inventor of the maser.
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