Alexander Prokhorov
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Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov[1] (born Alexander Michael Prochoroff, Russian: Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Про́хоров; 11 July 1916 – 8 January 2002) was a Russian physicist and research on lasers and masers in the former Soviet Union for which he shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Charles Hard Townes and Nikolay Basov.
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Alexander Prokhorov | |
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Александр Прохоров | |
Born | Alexander Michael Prochoroff (1916-07-11)11 July 1916 |
Died | 8 January 2002(2002-01-08) (aged 85) |
Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow |
Known for | Lasers and masers |
Awards | 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics 1987 Lomonosov Gold Medal |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
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