Quote
"Never measure anything but frequency!"

Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Arthur Leonard Schawlow was an American physicist who, along with Charles Townes, developed the theoretical basis for laser science. His central insight was the use of two mirrors as the resonant cavity to take maser action from microwaves to visible wavelengths. He shared the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physics with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn for his work using lasers to determine atomic energ
"Never measure anything but frequency!"
"Anything worth doing is worth doing twice, the first time quick and dirty and the second time the best way you can."
"Dead is when the chemists take over the subject."
"Anything will lase if you hit it hard enough."
"To do successful research, you dont need to know everything, you just need to know one thing that isnt known."
"A diatomic molecule is a molecule with one atom too many."