Physics 1964

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964

"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	Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov	Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov

1/2 of the prize	1/4 of the prize	1/4 of the prize
USA	USSR	USSR
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Cambridge, MA, USA	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Moscow, USSR	P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute Moscow, USSR
b. 1915	b. 1922 d. 2001	b. 1916 d. 2002

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964

The 1964 Prize in:

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964

Charles H. Townes

Nicolay G. Basov

Aleksandr M. Prokhorov