Inventor

Arthur L Schawlow

Patents indexed

Year range

1960

Associated with

Years active

1960

Total patents

Most recent

1960

Frequent collaborator

Charles H Townes

Domains

telecommunicationssemiconductorsconsumer_electronics

Activity by decade

1960s

Patents

Career timeline

1 patents, in 1960

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How the First Laser Was Invented

The foundational 1960 patent by Schawlow and Townes that describes how to amplify light waves to create a laser, moving beyond microwave technology.

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