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Was Schawlow a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for his work on the laser?

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The answer to the question "Was Schawlow a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for his work on the laser?" is no. The Nobel Prize for Physics in 1981 was awarded to Charles Townes, Nikolai Basov, and Alexander Prokhorov for their work on the laser. Schawlow was not awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on the laser.
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