| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1961 |
| Number: | 44 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
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| Name: | Alfred Kastler |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1902 |
| Year, Death: | 1984 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |
| Nominee 2: |
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| Name: | Charles Hard Townes |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1915 |
| Year, Death: | 2015 |
| Profession: | Professor |
| University: | Columbia University |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1964 | |
| Nominator: |
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| Name: | R Freymann |
| City: | Paris |
| Country: | FRANCE (FR) |