Charles Townes

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Noun1.Charles Townes - United States physicist who developed the laser and maser principles for producing high-intensity radiation (1915-)
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physicist - a scientist trained in physics
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In 1958, Bell Labs researchers Charles Townes and Arthur Schawlow filed a patent application for the laser.
What's a laser? Don't ask
Lasers have become commonplace in our lives, thanks to inventor Charles Townes. The physicist, who won the Nobel Prize for his invention of the laser, passed away on Jan 27, 2015.
Charles Townes: Inventor Of Lasers
Charles Townes, who invented the laser and shared a 1964 Nobel Prize for his work in quantum electronics, has announced that at the age of 99 it's time to wind down his office at UC Berkeley's physics department.
Seven over 70
Torrance, Charles Townes, John Walton, Bruce Waltke, Jennifer Wiseman ...
It takes a team
Carter followed up his comments by pointing to another article in New Scientist that quoted Nobel prize winner Charles Townes as saying there was no way of knowing how red giants behave at the end of their life cycle.
Orion's super-giant red star Betelgeuse 'won't explode in 2012'
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