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What award did Prokhorov share with Nikolay Basov and Charles Hard Townes?

  • Nobel Prize in Physics

  • Field's Medal

  • Pulitzer Prize

  • Grammy Award

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Aleksandr Prokhorov shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Nikolay Basov and Charles Hard Townes in 1964 for their work on masers and lasers. They were recognized for their contributions to the development of quantum electronics, which is the study of the interaction of light and matter at the atomic and molecular level.
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