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In Memory

Charles Hard Townes

Elsa Garmire

OSA lost a stellar member when Charles Hard Townes passed away. His most notable achievements were inventing and demonstrating the maser and then outlining the principles for an optical maser—the laser, a technology that has revolutionized the world.

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Publish Date: 01 March 2015


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