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Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Full Name of the recipient | Arthur Leonard Schawlow |
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Award | Nobel Prize in Physics |
Year of Award | 1981 |
Share in Award | 25.0% |
Award Shared with | Nicolaas Bloembergen (25.0%) Kai M. Siegbahn (50.0%) |
Motivation for the Award | for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy |
Affiliation at the Time of Award | Stanford University, Stanford, CA, USA |
Place of Birth | Mount Verno, NY, United States USA |
Date of Birth | 5 May 1921 |
Age at the time of Award | 59 years |
Place of Death | Palo Alto, CA, United States USA |
Date of Death | 28 April 1999 |