Ali Javan
Iranian-American Physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Lived 1926 to 2016 · aged 89
Ali Javan was an Iranian American physicist and inventor. He was the first to propose the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A successful prototype, constructed by him in collaboration with W. R. Bennett, Jr., and D. R. Herriott, was demonstrated in 1960.
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2016Died12 September 20162006National Inventors Hall of FameAward1998Willis E. Lamb AwardAward1993Albert Einstein World Award of ScienceAward1975Frederic Ives MedalAward1962Stuart Ballantine MedalAward1926Born26 December 1926
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His other contributions to science have been in the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy.
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Lived 1926 to 2016 · aged 89
