Portrait of Arthur Leonard Schawlow
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Arthur Leonard Schawlow (1921-2019) was an American physicist who is best known for his contributions to the field of laser technology. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1981, along with Nicolaas Bloembergen and Kai Siegbahn, for their work in the development of laser spectroscopy, a technique that uses lasers to analyze the properties of materials.