Townes' contribution to nonlinear optics

23rd International Laser Physics Workshop

Garmire, Elsa^1

Dartmouth College, Thayer School of Engineering, Hanover

NH

03755, United States^1

关键词: Electronics research;    New physics;    Nobel prizes;    Ruby lasers;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1742-6596/594/1/012001/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1742-6596/594/1/012001

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

In honour of the Fiftieth Anniversary of the Nobel Prize in Physics, this talk introduced the contributions of Nicholas Basov and Alexei Prokhorov, who shared the prize with Charles Townes. The talk then detailed the quantum electronics research of Townes, particularly at MIT, which was related to nonlinear optics. The years from 1961 to 1968 were particularly exciting, as the ruby laser enabled a wide variety of new physics to be discovered and explored.