With whom did Nikolay Basov share the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics?
Niels Bohr
Albert Einstein
Alexander Prokhorov & Charles Hard Townes
Richard P. Feynman
Answer
Nikolay Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes for the development of the maser and laser. The maser is a device that amplifies microwaves by stimulated emission of radiation, while the laser is a device that amplifies light by stimulated emission of radiation. Both devices are based on the same principle, but the maser uses microwaves and the laser uses light.
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