N. G. Basov

Dates

December 14, 1922 – July 1, 2001

Authorized Form of Name

Basov, N. G. (Nikolai Gennadievich), 1922-2001

Additional Forms of Names

Basov, Nikolai Gennadievich, 1922-

Basov, Nikolaj G., 1922-2001

Basov, Nikolaj Gennodievič, 1922-

Basov, Nikolay G., 1922-2001

Басов, Николай Геннадиевич, 1922-2001

Николай, Геннадиевич Басов

Biography

Abstract

Nicolay G. Basov was an optical physicist at the P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute, specializing in quantum electrodynamics, lasers, and masers. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1964 with Aleksandr M. Prokhorov and Charles N. Townes: "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle"

Important Dates

December 14, 1922Birth, Lipet︠s︡k (Russia).

1941 – 1943Doctor's Assistant, Kuibyshev Military Medical Academy.

1950 – 1988Laboratory Assistant (1950); Vice-Director; Head of Laboratory of Quantum Radiophysics; Director (1973-1988), P. N. Lebedev Physical Institute (Fizicheskiĭ institut imeni P.N. Lebedeva), Moscow (Russia).

1958Obtained Doktor nauk (Doctor of Sciences, a post-doctoral degree), Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (Moskovskiĭ inzhenerno-fizichskiĭ institut), Moscow (Russia).

1959Awarded Lenin Prize with A. M. Prokhorov.

1962Member, Academy of Sciences USSR.

1964Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics with Aleksandr Prokhorov and Charles Townes "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle".

1967Member, Presidium of the Academy of Sciences of Berlin.

1971Foreign member, German Academy of Sciences of Berlin.

1971Foreign member, German Academy "Leopoldina".

July 1, 2001Death, Moscow (Russia).

Occupation

Quantum electrodynamics and optical physicist.

Places

Subjects

Lasers.

Masers.

Microwave radiation.

Optical physics and engineering.

Quantum electrodynamics.

Relationships

People

Family

Basov, Gennady Fedorovich

Father.

Basov, Kseniya Hikhonovna Nazarova

Wife.

Basov, Zinaida Andreevna Molchanova

Mother.

Advisors & Collaborators

Leontovich, M. A.

PhD advisor at P.N. Lebedev Physical Institute of the Academy of Sciences, U.S.S.R.

Prokhorov, A. M. (Aleksandr Mikhaĭlovich), 1916-2002

PhD advisor at Academy of Sciences of the USSR. Awarded 1964 Nobel Prize along with Charles Townes "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle."

Townes, Charles H.

Awarded 1964 Nobel Prize along with Aleksandr Prokhorov "for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle."