Ali Javan
(1926-2016)
Iranian-American Physicist
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Ali Javan (Persian: علی جوان, Ali Javān; December 26, 1926 – September 12, 2016) was an Iranian-American physicist and inventor. He was the first to propose the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A successful prototype, constructed by him in collaboration with W. R. Bennett, Jr., and D. R. Herriott was demonstrated in 1960. His other contributions to science have been in the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy.
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26 December 1926 Tehran, Iran
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16 September 2016 (aged 89) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
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| Zodiac | Capricorn |
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