Charles Townes played a crucial role in the invention and realization of the first masers and lasers, for which he shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics. Nature Materials speaks to him about his historic contributions.
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Heber, J. From the maser to the laser. Nature Mater 9, 371–372 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2756
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