Dr. Charles H. Townes (1915–2015) was a native South Carolinian, Furman graduate, and Nobel Laureate in physics.

Dr. Charles H. Townes (1915–2015) was a native South Carolinian, Furman graduate, and Nobel Laureate in physics.

Dr. Charles H. Townes (1915–2015) was a native South Carolinian, Furman graduate, and Nobel Laureate in physics.

The Townes Award is named after South Carolina’s Dr. Charles H. Townes, whose pioneering research in quantum electronics led to the invention of the laser.

In the mid-1990s I was working in the group of Nobel Laureate Charles H. Townes in California with then student John D. Monnier. The giant Keck Telescopes in Hawaii had just opened for business.

Charles H. Townes’ inspiration for the predecessor of the laser came to him while sitting on a park bench, waiting for a restaurant to open for breakfast. On the tranquil morning hours of April ...

On Wednesday, March 16, 2022, at Petersburg Home for Ladies, Petersburg, VA, Mildred Martin Townes peacefully left this world, with family and friends nearby, to join her Lord. Mildred was born ...

Maiman was building on years of work by other physicists, including Charles H. Townes, who later wrote that the laser was described as “a solution looking for a problem.” ...

Holmdel was built by the legendary Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen in 1962—inside, it housed some of the most influential experiments and breakthroughs of the century, like the ...

Charles Townes Physicist 28-7-1915 – 27-1-2015 Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the ...

Legendary physicist and Nobel laureate Charles H. Townes, who passed away at the age of 99 in Oakland, California recently, leaves behind a world that’s richer for the huge array of applications ...