Visit of Nobel Laureate, Arthur Schawlow

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Format

JPEG

Title

Visit of Nobel Laureate, Arthur Schawlow

Depiction

The picture shows three men looking at scientific instrumentation

Description

Arthur (Art) Schawlow visited the Spectroscopy Group, Department of Experimental Physics at University College Galway in July 1986. Art developed the theoretical basis for lasers along with Charles Townes. Arthur Schawlow shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1981, (Wikipedia, June, 2024).
The picture shows (l-r): Frank Imbusch, Tom Glynn and Art Schawlow in the Spectroscopy Laboratory at University College Galway.

References

Personal communication: Tom Glynn, via email on 27 June 2024.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1981/schawlow/biographical/.
Wikipedia contributors, 'Visit of Nobel Laureate, Arthur Schawlow', The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Leonard_Schawlow. Accessed 29 June, 2024

Contributor

Bibliographic Citation

T.J. Glynn, S.G. Jennings, ‘Visit of Nobel Laureate, Arthur Schawlow’ Visual History Retired Staff Collection, University of Galway Digital Collections, Asset Id 14986, Archival Record Id VHRS

Temporal Coverage

Period

1980s

Category

b&w
group
on-campus
indoors

Keywords

Nobel Laureate

Language

English

Publisher

University of Galway Library

Rights

This image may be used for non-commercial purposes under CC BY-NC-SA
see https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/