Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov

Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1922-12-14 in Usman, USSR (now Russia)

Gender: male

Field: Soviet physicist

Biography

Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov was a Russian Soviet physicist and educator. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964

Awarded on: 1964-10-29

"for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle"

Affiliations:

  • P.N. Lebedev Physical InstituteMoscow, USSR (now Russia)