Nikolay Basov

Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (Russian: Никола́й Генна́диевич Ба́сов; 14 December 1922 – 1 July 2001) was a Russian Soviet physicist and educator. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes.

Nikolay Basov
Николай Басов
Basov in 1964
Born
Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov

(1922-12-14)14 December 1922
Died1 July 2001(2001-07-01) (aged 78)
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Alma materMoscow Engineering Physics Institute
Known forInvention of lasers and masers
SpouseKsenia Tikhonovna Basova
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1964)
Kalinga Prize (1986)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (1989)
Edward Teller Award1991)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsLebedev Physical Institute
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