What is Arthur Leonard Schawlow?
{{Infobox scientist |name=Arthur Leonard Schawlow |image=Artur Schawlow, Stanford University.jpg |image_size= |caption=Arthur Leonard Schawlow |birth_date={{birth date|1921|5|5|mf=y}} |birth_place=[[Mount Vernon, New York]], U.S. |death_date={{death date and age|1999|4|28|1921|5|5}} |death_place=[[Palo Alto, California]], U.S. |nationality=[[United States]] |field=[[Physics]] |work_institutions=[[Bell Labs]]<br>[[Columbia University]]<br>[[Stanford University]] |alma_mater=[[University of Toronto]] |religion= |doctoral_advisor=Malcolm Crawford |doctoral_students= |known_for=[[laser spectroscopy]] |prizes=[[Stuart Ballantine Medal]] <small>(1962)</small><br>[[Marconi Prize]] <small>(1977)</small><br>[[Nobel Prize for Physics]] <small>(1981)</small><br>[[National Medal of Science]] <small>(1991)</small> |spouse=Aurelia Townes (m. 1951; 3 children) }} {{nobelprize|Physics}}'''Arthur Leonard Schawlow''' (May 5, 1921 – April 28, 1999) was an [[Americans|American]] [[physics|physicist]]. He was the co-inventor of the [[laser]] with [[Charles Townes]]. He shared the 1981 [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] with [[Nicolaas Bloembergen]] and [[Kai Siegbahn]] for his work using lasers to determine [[atomic energy level]]s with great precision.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ieeeghn.org/wiki/index.php/Arthur_L._Schawlow|title=Arthur L. Schawlow|work=IEEE Global History Network|publisher=IEEE|access-date=10 August 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal|author=Hänsch, Theodor W.|author-link=Theodor W. Hänsch|title=Obituary: Arthur Leonard Schawlow|journal=Physics Today|date=December 1999|volume=52|issue=12|pages=75–76|url=http://www.physicstoday.org/resource/1/phtoad/v52/i12/p75_s2?bypassSSO=1|doi=10.1063/1.2802854|bibcode=1999PhT....52l..75H}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Schawlow, Arthur Leonard}} [[Category:1921 births]] [[Category:1999 deaths]] [[Category:American physicists]] [[Category:Scientists from New York (state)]] [[Category:People from Mount Vernon, New York]] [[Category:University of Toronto alumni]] {{Nobe