List of Famous people with last name Javan

Ali Javan

First Name Ali

Last Name Javan

Born on December 26, 1926

Died on September 12, 2016 (aged 89)

Born in Iran, Tehran Province

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. His other contributions to science have been in the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy.

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