Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

American physicist

Date of Birth: 05-May-1921

Place of Birth: Mount Vernon, Virginia, United States

Date of Death: 28-Apr-1999

Profession: physicist, inventor, university teacher

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Taurus

Arthur Leonard Schawlow (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an American physicist and co-inventor of the laser with Charles Townes.
His central insight, which Townes overlooked, was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take maser action from microwaves to visible wavelengths.
He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for his work using lasers to determine atomic energy levels with great precision.