Ali Javan
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| Gender | Male |
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| Death | 8 years ago |
| Date of birth | December 26,1926 |
| Zodiac sign | Capricorn |
| Born | Tehran |
| Iran | |
| Date of died | September 12,2016 |
| Died | Los Angeles |
| California | |
| United States | |
| Other notable students | Timothy Creamer |
| Joseph J. Romm | |
| Field | Physicist |
| Job | Professor |
| Author | |
| Physicist | |
| Awards | Albert Einstein World Award of Science |
| Frederic Ives Medal | |
| Known for | Lasing without inversion |
| Laser spectroscopy | |
| Academic advisor | Charles H. Townes |
| Education | Columbia University |
| University of Tehran | |
| Mandegar Alborz High School | |
| Notable student | Richard M. Osgood Jr. |
| Michael Stephen Feld | |
| Interests | Architecture And Environment |
| Architectural Psychology | |
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| Nationality | American |
| Iranian | |
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| ID | 569671 |
Ali Javan Life story
Ali Javan 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.