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  SCHAWLOW, Arthur Leonard   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
In 1972 Schawlow and his colleagues were able to measure the Rydberg constant, a figure used in calculating formulas for wave numbers of atomic spectra.
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  Arthur Leonard Schawlow - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921-April 28, 1999) was an American physicist.
Schawlow was a promoter of the controversial theory of facilitated communication with patients of autism.
Schawlow was born in Mount Vernon, New York and died of leukemia in Palo Alto, California.
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 Arthur Leonard Schawlow Summary
Schawlow won a share of the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics for developments in laser spectroscopy, especially for the advanced techniques used by his Stanford research group to reveal details of atomic spectra and give improved values for fundamental constants.
Schawlow was a promoter of the controversial theory of facilitated communication with patients of autism.
Schawlow was born in Mount Vernon, New York and died of leukemia in Palo Alto, California.
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 Arthur Schawlow, Nobel laureate and co-inventor of the laser, dies: 4/99
Schawlow had begun his graduate studies and was running an atomic beam spectroscopy experiment in the basement of a campus laboratory.
Schawlow and Townes received a patent for the laser in 1960, but they never profited from it because Schawlow was working for Bell Labs and Townes was a Bell Labs consultant at the time.
Schawlow is survived by his son, Artie Schawlow of Paradise Calif., and two daughters ­ Helen Johnson of Stevens Point, Wisconsin and Edie Dwan of Charlotte, North Carolina ­ and five grandchildren, Thomasina and Cleo Johnson and Colin, Rachel and Andy Dwan.
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After earning his undergraduate degree Schawlow continued in graduate school at the University of Toronto which was interrupted due to World War II.
Schawlow and Professor Robert Hofstadter at Stanford, who also had an autistic child, teamed up to help each other find solutions to the condition.
Schawlow shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for their contributions to the development of laser spectroscopy.
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 Schawlow, Arthur Leonard - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Schawlow, Arthur Leonard
US physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1981 for the development of laser spectroscopy and is generally considered, with Charles Townes, to be co-inventor of the laser.
Schawlow used the laser as a tool to study atomic spectra and their associated energy levels.
Schawlow was born in Mount Vernon, New York, USA, and educated at the University of Toronto, Canada, receiving his doctorate in 1949.
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 Memorial Resolution: Arthur Schawlow: 5/00
ARTHUR L. Arthur Leonard Schawlow was born in Mount Vernon, New York on May 5, 1921.
In 1975, Schawlow and Hänsch proposed that laser light could be used to cool atoms in the gas phase to extremely low temperatures.
Arthur Schawlow was not just admired, he was cherished by those who knew him.
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 Schawlow, Arthur Leonard
Schawlow worked on the project that led to the construction of the first working maser in 1953 (for which Townes received a share of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Physics).
Schawlow was a research physicist at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1951 to 1961.
In 1961 Schawlow became a professor at Stanford University.
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 ARTHUR LEONARD SCHAWLOW FACTS AND INFORMATION   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
His mother, Helen Mason, was from Canada and his father, Arthur Schawlow, was an immmigrant from Latvia.
Schawlow and Professor Robert Hofstadter at Standford, who also had an autistic child, teamed up to help each other find solutions to the condition.
In 1991 the NEC Corporation a prize: the ''Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science'' http://www.aps.org/praw/schawlow/index.cfm.
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 Arthur Leonard Schawlow
American physicist and corecipient, with Nicolaas Bloembergen of the United States and Kai Manne Borje Siegbahn of Sweden, of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work in developing the laser and in laser spectroscopy.
Schawlow worked on the project that led to the construction of the first working maser in 1953 (for which Townes received a share of the 1964 Nobel Prize for Physics).
Schawlow was a research physicist at Bell Telephone Laboratories from 1951 to 1961.
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 Schawlow Arthur Leonard - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Schawlow was born in Mount Vernon, New York State.
Stimulated emission, the underlying process for laser action, was first described theoretically by Albert Einstein in 1917.
They were known by their professional names: Chico Marx (Leonard, 1887-1961),...
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 Schawlow Arthur Leonard - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Schawlow Arthur Leonard - Search Results - MSN Encarta
Schawlow, Arthur Leonard (1921-1999), American physicist and Nobel Prize winner.
His research focused on optics, in particular, lasers and their...
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 Arthur Leonard Schawlow - HighBeam Encyclopedia
Upon graduating from college he worked with Charles Townes at Columbia Univ. in developing the maser.
Schawlow joined the staff at Bell Telephone Laboratories, where he studied superconductivity while continuing to collaborate with Townes on research that led to the development of the laser, and in 1961 joined the faculty of Stanford Univ., where he spent the remainder of his career.
Schawlow shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for their their contributions to the development of laser spectroscopy.
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 Arthur L. Schawlow --  Encyclopædia Britannica
in full Arthur Lawrence Schawlow American physicist and corecipient, with Nicolaas Bloembergen of the United States and Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn of Sweden, of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work in developing the laser and in laser spectroscopy.
Schawlow, Arthur L. American physicist and corecipient, with Nicolaas Bloembergen of the United States and Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn of Sweden, of the 1981 Nobel Prize for Physics for his work in developing the laser and in laser spectroscopy.
The British journalist and author Arthur Ransome wrote children's adventure novels noted for their detailed and colorful accounts of the perception and imagination of children.
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 Arthur L. Schawlow - Autobiography
We have a son, Arthur Keith, and two daughters, Helen Aurelia and Edith Ellen.
Helen has studied French literature at Stanford, the Sorbonne, and at the University of California in Berkeley, and is now on the staffof Stanford University.
Arthur L. Schawlow died on April 28, 1999.
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Swedish physicist who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics 1924 for his discoveries and research in the field of x-ray spectroscopy.
Swedish physicist, son of Manne Siegbahn, corecipient with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Leonard Schawlow of the Nobel Prize for Physics 1981, for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy.
Dutch physicist who shared with Hendrik A. Lorentz the Nobel Prize for Physics 1902 for his discovery of the Zeeman effect.
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His research focused on optics, in particular, lasers and their use in spectroscopy.
For his work in the development of laser spectroscopy, Schawlow was honoured with the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics, which he shared with Dutch-American physicist Nicolaas Bloembergen and Swedish physicist Kai Manne Borje Siegbahn.In the 1950s Schawlow described organized wavelengths in the optical region-that is, lasers.
For his work in developing laser spectroscopy, Bloembergen received the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics, which he shared with Swedish physicist Kai Manne Borje Siegbahn and American physicist Arthur Leonard Schawlow.Bloembergen was especially interested in using lasers to excite a substance, and then studying the relative amounts of energy the substance absorbs.
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 Arthur Leonard Schawlow - Voyager, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow - Voyager, the free encyclopedia
In 1991 the NEC Corporation a prize: the Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science [1].
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 Schawlow, Arthur Leonard - ENCYCLOPEDIA - The History Channel UK
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Schawlow shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen
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 Maiman, Theodore Harold, 1927- Letter from Arthur Leonard Schawlow concerning Maiman's testimony during the Hellwarth ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
Maiman, Theodore Harold, 1927- Letter from Arthur Leonard Schawlow concerning Maiman's testimony during the Hellwarth vs Gould patent proceedings and the rejection of one of Maiman's manuscripts on masers by Physical Review Letters; and a copy of Maiman's testimony in which he discusses his work in developing ruby lasers, 1959-1984.
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Letter from Arthur Leonard Schawlow concerning Maiman's testimony during the Hellwarth vs Gould patent proceedings and the rejection of one of Maiman's manuscripts on masers by Physical Review Letters; and a copy of Maiman's testimony in which he discusses his work in developing ruby lasers, 1959-1984.
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