With whom did Schawlow share the 1981 Physics Nobel Prize?
Albert Einstein
Stephen Hawking
Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn
Marie Curie
Answer
Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn are the two other Nobel Laureates in Physics in 1981. The three men were awarded the Nobel Prize for their contributions to the development of laser spectroscopy. Schawlow was a co-inventor of the laser and Bloembergen and Siegbahn were both pioneers in the use of lasers to study the structure of atoms and molecules.
Laser Legacy: Unraveling the Genius of Arthur Leonard Schawlow
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