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Encyclopedia > Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov
Alexander Prokhorov
Alexander Prokhorov

Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Прохоров) (July 11, 1916January 8, 2002) was a Soviet/Russian physicist born in Australia. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... July 11 is the 192nd day (193rd in leap years) of the year in the Gregorian calendar, with 173 days remaining. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar). ... January 8 is the 8th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... For album titles with the same name, see 2002 (album). ... “CCCP” redirects here. ...


He was born in Atherton, Queensland, to a family of Russian immigrants. He and his parents relocated to the Soviet Union in 1923. Atherton is the hub of the Atherton Tableland region in Queensland, Australia, located at , 752 m above sea level. ...


In June 1941, he started to serve in the Soviet Army. He took part in the Second World War. He was wounded twice. After his second injury in 1944, he was demobilized.


Prokhorov (also known as Alexander Prochorow, depending on the spelling system) was a physicist and professor at the Moscow State University. In 1964 he received the Nobel Prize in Physics, for his work on lasers and masers. He was also the chief editor of the Great Soviet Encyclopedia since 1969. In 2001 he was also honoured with the Demidov Prize. Moscow State University M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University (Russian: Московский государственный университет имени М.В.Ломоносова, often abbreviated МГУ, MSU, MGU) is the largest and the oldest university in Russia, founded in 1755. ... Hannes Alfvén (1908–1995) accepting the Nobel Prize for his work on magnetohydrodynamics [1]. List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... Experiment with a laser (likely an argon type) (US Military) In physics, a laser is a device that emits light through a specific mechanism for which the term laser is an acronym: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. ... A hydrogen radio frequency discharge, the first element inside a hydrogen maser (see description below) A maser is a device that produces coherent electromagnetic waves through amplification due to stimulated emission. ... Title page of the 3rd ed. ... Paven Nikolaevich Demidov, the founder of the prize Demidov Prize (Russian: Демидовская премия) used to be a national scientific prize in the Russian Empire awarded annually to the members of the Russian Academy of Sciences. ...


He died in Moscow. After his death the "General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences" was renamed the "A. M. Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences." Location Position of Moscow in Europe Government Country District Subdivision Russia Central Federal District Federal City Mayor Yuriy Luzhkov Geographical characteristics Area  - City 1,081 km² Population  - City (2007)    - Density 10,469,000   9684. ...


Books

  • A.M. Prokhorov (Editor in Chief), J.M. Buzzi, P. Sprangle, K. Wille.Coherent Radiation Generation and Particle Acceleration, 1992, ISBN 0-88318-926-7. Research Trends in Physics series published by the American Institute of Physics Press (presently * Springer, New York)
  • V. Stefan and A. M. Prokhorov (Editors) Diamond Science and Technology Vol 1: Laser Diamond Interaction. Plasma Diamond Reactors (Stefan University Press Series on Frontiers in Science and Technology) 1999 ISBN 1-889545-23-6.
  • V. Stefan and A. M. Prokhorov (Editors). Diamond Science and Technology Vol 2 (Stefan University Press Series on Frontiers in Science and Technology) 1999 ISBN 1-889545-24-4.

This article is about the gemstone. ... Experiment with a laser (likely an argon type) (US Military) In physics, a laser is a device that emits light through a specific mechanism for which the term laser is an acronym: light amplification by stimulated emission of radiation. ... This article is about the gemstone. ...

External links

  • Aleksandr Prokhorov
  • Prokhorov's biography on the Nobel Prize website
  • Prokhorov's role in the invention of lasers and masers

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Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (266 words)
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Прохоров) (July 11, 1916 January 8, 2002) was a Soviet/Russian physicist born in Australia.
Prokhorov (also known as Alexander Prochorow, depending on the spelling system) was a physicist and professor at the Moscow State University.
Prokhorov General Physics Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences.
AllRefer.com - Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Physics, Biography) - Encyclopedia (244 words)
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov[ulyiksAn´dur mEkhI´luvich prO´khuruf] Pronunciation Key, 1916–2002, Russian physicist, b.
In the process of developing an ammonia-beam molecular oscillator, Prokhorov formulated the main principles of, and laid the physical foundation for, quantum electronics.
For this work, which led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser–laser principle, Prokhorov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Basov and C. Townes.
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