Nicolaas Bloembergen - Nobel Prize in Physics — 1981
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Nicolaas Bloembergen

Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics — 1981
for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy
Citizenship
Kingdom of the Netherlands Kingdom of the Netherlands United States United States
Languages
English, Dutch
date of birth
3/11/1920
place of birth
Dordrecht
date of death
9/5/2017
place of death
Tucson
Lived
97 years
member of
  • National Academy of Sciences
    • start time: 1960
  • National Academy of Engineering
    • start time: 1984
  • American Philosophical Society
    • start time: 1982
  • German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina
    • start time: 1983
  • French Academy of Sciences
  • Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Academy of Arts and Sciences
  • American Physical Society
employer
  • Leiden University
    • start time: 8/17/1972
    • end time: 3/31/1973
  • University of Arizona
  • Harvard University
  • Leiden University
doctoral student
  • Yuen-Ron Shen
  • Eli Yablonovitch
  • Peter Pershan
  • Edwin F. Taylor
field of work
  • physics
  • optics
  • quantum physics
  • theoretical physics
  • laser spectroscopy
educated at
  • Leiden University
  • Utrecht University
  • Harvard University
occupation
  • physicist
  • university teacher
  • theoretical physicist
  • Nobel Prize winner
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