Nikolay Basov

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Nikolay Basov
Николай Басов
Russian SFSR[1]
Died1 July 2001(2001-07-01) (aged 78)[1]
Moscow, Russia[1]
Resting placeNovodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Alma materMoscow Engineering Physics Institute
Known forInvention of lasers and masers
SpouseKsenia Tikhonovna Basova[2]
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (1964)
Kalinga Prize (1986)
Lomonosov Gold Medal (1989)
Edward Teller Award1991)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsLebedev Physical Institute

Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (

Charles Hard Townes.[3]

Early life

Basov was born in the town of

Second World War with the 1st Ukrainian Front
.

Professional career

Basov graduated from

German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[5] He was Honorary President and Member of the International Academy of Science, Munich.[6][7] He was the head of the laboratory of quantum radiophysics at the LPI until his death in 2001.[3]

In the early 1950s Basov and Prokhorov developed theoretical grounds for creation of a molecular oscillator and constructed such an oscillator based on

active mirror semiconductor lasers.[9]
He developed with colleaguaes the first nonlinear theory of coherent addition of laser sets.
optical phase conjugation
. [11] Together with
Stimulated Brillouin scattering.[12]
 [13]

Basov's contributions to the development of the laser and maser, which won him the Nobel Prize in 1964, also led to new missile defense initiatives.[14]

He died on 1 July, 2001 at Moscow and was buried at Novodevichy Cemetery.

Politics

He entered politics in 1951[

U.S. President Ronald Reagan's speech on SDI in 1983, Basov signed a letter along with other Soviet scientists condemning the initiative, which was published in the New York Times.[15] In 1985 he declared the Soviet Union was capable of matching SDI proposals made by the U.S.[15][clarification needed
]

Books

  • N. G. Basov, K. A. Brueckner (Editor-in-Chief), S. W. Haan, C. Yamanaka. Inertial Confinement Fusion, 1992, Research Trends in Physics Series published by the American Institute of Physics Press (presently Springer, New York).
    ISBN 0-88318-925-9
    .
  • V. Stefan and N. G. Basov (Editors). Semiconductor Science and Technology, Volume 1.
    ISBN 1-889545-11-2
    .
  • V. Stefan and N. G. Basov (Editors). Semiconductor Science and Technology, Volume 2:
    ISBN 1-889545-12-0
    .

Awards and honours

Basov and Prokhorov with wives in Stockholm in 1964
Basov on a 2022 stamp of Russia

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov. Encyclopaedia Britannica
  2. ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1964".
  3. ^ a b "Basov Nikolay Gennadiyevich" Archived 26 September 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^
    ISBN 978-0-8247-0876-4
    . p. 174-175
  5. ^ List of Members. Leopoldina.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2020.
  6. ^ International Academy of Science (1989) Selection of IAS-ICSD Founding Members.
  7. ^ History – International Academy of Science, Munich. Ias-icsd.org. Retrieved on 30 July 2020.
  8. doi:10.1109/JQE.1966.1073948
    .
  9. doi:10.1109/JQE.1973.1077470
    .
  10. S2CID 110333595
    .
  11. Bibcode:1972JETPL..15..109Z
    .
  12. Bibcode:1980ZhETF..79.1678B
    .
  13. S2CID 25530526
    .
  14. ISBN 978-0-674-82610-6
    . p. 58
  15. ^
    ISBN 978-0-7546-3733-2
    . p. 43-45

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