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| | Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-09) |
 | | PROKHOROV, MIKHAILOVICH ALEKSANDR [Prokhorov, Aleksandr Mikhailovich], 1916-2002, Russian physicist, b. |
 | | In the process of developing an ammonia-beam molecular oscillator, Prokhorov formulated the main principles of, and laid the physical foundation for, quantum electronics. |
 | | For this work, which led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser - laser principle, Prokhorov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Basov and C. Townes. |
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