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Willis Lamb
Willis Eugene Lamb Jr. (; July 12, 1913 – May 15, 2008) was an American physicist who shared the 1955 Nobel Prize in Physics with Polykarp Kusch "for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum". Lamb was able to precisely determine a surprising shift in electron energies in a hydrogen atom (see Lamb shift). Lamb was a professor at the University of Arizona College of Optical Sciences. Biography Lamb was born in Los Angeles, California, United States and attended Los Angeles High School. First admitted in 1930, he received a Bachelor of Science in chemistry from the University of California, Berkeley in 1934. For theoretical work on scattering of neutrons by a crystal, guided by J. Robert Oppenheimer, he received the Ph.D. in physics in 1938. Because of limited computational methods available at the time, this research narrowly missed revealing the Mössbauer Effect, 19 years before its recognition by Mössbauer. He worked on nuclear theory, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Einstein Prize For Laser Science
The Einstein Prize for Laser Science was a recognition awarded by the former Society for Optical and Quantum Electronics and sponsored by the Eastman Kodak Company. The prize, awarded in the 1988–1999 period, consisted of a 3-inch brass medal including Albert Einstein, Einstein's image and a depiction of a two-level transition including the Atomic spectral line, A and B coefficients. Recipients of the prize include: * Serge Haroche, 1988 * Herbert Walther, 1988 * H. Jeff Kimble, 1989 * Richart E. Slusher, 1989 * Carlton M. Caves, 1990 * Daniel Frank Walls, 1990 * S. E. Harris, 1991 * L. M. Narducci, 1991 * John L. Hall, 1992 * Willis E. Lamb, 1992 * Raymond Chiao, 1993 * Norman F. Ramsey, 1993 * Girish Saran Agarwal, G. S. Agarwal, 1994 * Theodor W. Hänsch, 1995 * Carl E. Wieman, 1995 * David J. Wineland, 1996 * Peter Knight (scientist), Peter L. Knight, 1996 * Paul Corkum, 1999 In retrospect, the prize was mainly awarded for significant contributions in quantum opt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
