Schawlow

[ shaw-loh ]

noun

1. Arthur Leonard, 1921–99, U.S. physicist: Nobel Prize 1981.

Example Sentences

Schawlow shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on laser light.

From Scientific American

He was one of three physicists awarded the Nobel Prize in 1981, along with Kai M. Siegbahn of Sweden and Arthur L. Schawlow of the United States.

From Washington Post

Demonstrating that masers could be made to operate in optical and infrared capacities, Townes and his brother-in-law, the late Stanford professor Arthur L. Schawlow, jointly published a theory in 1958 on the feasibility of optical and infrared masers, or lasers.

From Washington Times

Demonstrating that masers could be made to operate in optical and infrared capacities, Townes and his brother-in-law, the late Stanford professor Arthur L. Schawlow, jointly published a theory in 1958 on the feasibility of optical and infrared masers, or lasers.

From US News

Although Dr. Townes and Schawlow beat him to the patent office in 1959, Gould filed a counterclaim.

From Washington Post