Nikolay Basov’s Birthday

14
December 2020
Nikolay Basov (14.12.1922 – 01.07.2001) was a Soviet physicist, member of the Soviet Academy of Science who won a Nobel Prize in physics, whose research lead to the invention of the laser. He was able to develop iodine and excimer lasers, and some of their applications, e.g. in non-linear optics. For his research he was awarded a Lenin Prize in 1959 and a Nobel Prize in 1964.
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