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Also Known As	molecular amplification by stimulated emission of radiation • microwave amplification by stimulated emission of radiation

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Key People

Nikolay Basov

Nikolay Basov

Soviet physicist

Charles Hard Townes

Charles Hard Townes

American physicist

Nicolaas Bloembergen

American physicist

Arthur Schawlow

Arthur L. Schawlow

American physicist

Theodore H. Maiman

American physicist