Nikolay Basov
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Nikolay Basov was a Soviet physicist and Nobel Laureate who made significant contributions to the fields of quantum electrodynamics and optical physics. He is best known for his work in quantum electronics, which led to the development of maser-laser oscillators and amplifiers. Together with his partner Aleksandr Prokhorov, Basov used a gas-filled cavity with reflectors to amplify microwave beams, resulting in the invention of the maser. He later extended this work to the light spectrum, leading to the invention of the laser. For this revolutionary work, Basov was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1962, which he shared with Prokhorov and Charles H Townes.
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Who is it? Physicist
Birth Day December 14, 1922
Birth Place Usman, Russia, Russian
Age 98 YEARS OLD
Died On 3 July 2001(2001-07-03) (aged 78)\nMoscow, Russia
Birth Sign Capricorn
Resting place Novodevichy Cemetery, Moscow
Alma mater Moscow Engineering Physics Institute
Known for Invention of lasers and masers
Awards Nobel Prize in Physics (1964) Kalinga Prize (1986) Lomonosov Gold Medal (1989)
Fields Physics
Institutions Lebedev Physical Institute

💰 Net worth

Nikolay Basov, renowned physicist from Russia, is projected to have a net worth ranging from $100,000 to $1 million in 2024. Basov's impressive contributions to the field of physics have likely paved the way for his financial success. As a highly regarded scientist, he may have earned substantial income from academic appointments, research grants, and royalties from his scientific publications. Basov's remarkable achievements and discoveries have undoubtedly solidified his position as a prominent figure within the scientific community, potentially resulting in a significant net worth.

Biography/Timeline

1922

Basov was born in the town Usman, now in Lipetsk Oblast in 1922. He finished school in 1941 in Voronezh, and was later called for military Service at Kuibyshev Military Medical Academy. In 1943 he left the academy and served in the Red Army participating in the Second World War with the 1st Ukrainian Front.

1950

Basov graduated from Moscow Engineering Physics Institute (MEPhI) in 1950. He then held a professorship at MEPhI and also worked in the Lebedev Physical Institute (LPI), where he defended a dissertation for the Candidate of Sciences degree (equivalent to PhD) in 1953 and a dissertation for the Doctor of Sciences degree in 1956. Basov was the Director of the LPI in 1973–1988. He was elected as corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Sciences since 1991) in 1962 and Full Member of the Academy in 1966. In 1967, he was elected a Member of the Presidium of the Academy (1967—1990), and since 1990 he was the councillor of the Presidium of the USSR Academy of Sciences. In 1971 he was elected a Member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. He was Honorary President and Member of the International Academy of Science, Munich. He was the head of the laboratory of quantum radiophysics at the LPI until his death in 2001.

1951

He entered politics in 1951 and became a member of parliament (the Soviet of the Union of the Supreme Soviet) in 1974. Following U.S. President Ronald Reagan's speech on SDI in 1983, Basov signed a letter along with other Soviet Scientists condemning the initiative, which was published in the New York Times. In 1985 he declared the Soviet Union was capable of matching SDI proposals made by the U.S.

1964

Basov's contributions to the development of the laser and maser, which won him the Nobel Prize in 1964, led to new missile defense initiatives seeking to employ them.

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