Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (Russian:Николай Геннадиевич Басов) (December 14, 1922 – July 1, 2001) was a Soviet/Russian physicist and educator. He was born in the town Usman, now in Lipetsk Oblast. For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that lead to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Aleksandr Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes. December 14 is the 348th day of the year (349th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1922 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... July 1 is the 182nd day of the year (183rd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 183 days remaining. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) (Russian: (СССР)  listen?; tr. ... The word physicist should not be confused with physician, which means medical doctor. ... Lipetsk Oblast (Russian: Ли́пецкая о́бласть) is a federal subject of Russia (an oblast). ... Laser (US Air Force) A laser (Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation) is a device which uses a quantum mechanical effect, stimulated emission, to generate a coherent beam of light from a lasing medium of controlled purity, size, and shape. ... A maser is any optical amplifier that produces coherent microwaves due to stimulated emission. ... List of Nobel Prize laureates in Physics from 1901 to the present day. ... Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Russian: Александр Михайлович Прохоров) (July 11, 1916 – January 8, 2002) was a Soviet/Russian physicist born in Australia. ... Charles Hard Townes (born July 28, American physicist and educator. ...

He finished school in 1941 in Voronesh. Then after that he was called up for the military service, the Kuibyshev Military Medical Academy. In 1943 he left Academy and served in the Army. He took part in the Second World War (the First Ukraine Front).

Basov graduated from (1950), and then held a professor position in the Moscow Engineering Physics Institute, worked in the Lebedev Physical Institute, where he defended a dissertation for the Candidates of Sciences degree (it is equivalent to PhD) in 1953 and a dissertation for the Doctor of Sciences degree in 1956. Later he became the Director of the Institute (in 1973-1988). In 1962 he becomes the Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Full Member since 1966). In 1967 he was elected a Member of the Presidium of the Academy (1967—1990), since 1990 he was the councillor of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Sciences since 1991). He was the head of the laboratory of quantum radiophysics at the Institute at the time of his death. Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (Russian/Cyrillic: Московский Инженерно-Физический Институт, abbreviated МИФИ, MEPhI) is one of the most recognized technical universities in Russia. ... The Lebedev Physical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences is a Russian research institute specializing in physics. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... 1953 is a common year starting on Thursday. ... 1956 was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ... 1966 was a common year starting on Saturday (link goes to calendar) // Events January January 1 - In a coup, Colonel Jean-Bédel Bokassa ousts president David Dacko and takes over the Central African Republic. ... Russian Academy of Sciences: main building Russian Academy of Sciences (Росси́йская Акаде́мия Нау́к) is the national academy of Russia. ...

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Awards and Honors

• Lenin Prize (1959)
• Nobel Prize in Physics (1964)
• Two times the Hero of Socialist Labor (1969, 1982)
• USSR State Prize (1989)
• Five Orders of Lenin

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Books

• N. G. Basov, K. A. Brueckner (Editor-in-Chief), S. W. Haan, C. Yamanaka. Inertial Confinement Fusion, 1992, ISBN 0-88318-925-9. Resaarch Trends in Physics Series founded by V. Alexander Stefan and published by the American Institute of Physics Press (presently * Springer, New York)
• V. Stefan and N. G. Basov (Editors). Semiconductor Science and Technology, Volume 2: Quantum Dots and Quantum Wells. (Stefan University Press Series on Frontiers in Science and Technology) (Paperback).1999. ISBN: 1-889545-12-0
• V. Stefan and N. G. Basov (Editors). Semiconductor Science and Technology, Volume 1. Semiconductor Lasers. (Stefan University Press Series on Frontiers in Science and Technology) (Paperback).1999. ISBN: 1-889545-11-2

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External link

• Detailed biography (in Russian)
• Biography from the Nobel Foundation.
• Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica.