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Ali Javan

1926 - 2016

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Ali Javan (Persian: علی جوان, romanized: Ali Javān; December 26, 1926 – September 12, 2016) was an Iranian American physicist and inventor. He was the first to propose the concept of the gas laser in 1959 at the Bell Telephone Laboratories. A successful prototype, constructed by him in collaboration with W. R. Bennett, Jr., and D. R. Herriott, was demonstrated in 1960. His other contributions to science have been in the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ali Javan is the 672nd most popular physicist (down from 647th in 2019), the 382nd most popular biography from Iran (up from 386th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Iranian Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Ali Javan ranks 672 out of 851. Before him are Alexander Markovich Polyakov, Edith Clarke, Yoshiaki Arata, Brandon Carter, Kazuhiko Nishijima, and Stanley Mandelstam. After him are Orest Khvolson, Alvin M. Weinberg, Norris Bradbury, Edward Andrade, Francis Hauksbee, and Lisa Randall.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1926, Ali Javan ranks 359. Before him are Walter Sedlmayr, Dharamvir Bharati, Leonie Rysanek, Kazuhiko Nishijima, Egisto Pandolfini, and Ray McAnally. After him are Keith Michell, Garret FitzGerald, Metaksia Simonyan, Brita Borg, Pedro Dellacha, and Uttam Kumar. Among people deceased in 2016, Ali Javan ranks 364. Before him are Caio Júnior, Rita Renoir, Françoise Mallet-Joris, Marcel Artelesa, Gardnar Mulloy, and Stanley Mandelstam. After him are Bobby Vee, Eddy Wally, Fritz Herkenrath, Gilbert Kaplan, Eva Šuranová, and Henning Enoksen.

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Ali Javan ranks 382 out of 631. Before him are Hushang Ebtehaj (1928), Nusrat Bhutto (1929), Mardavij (890), Ali Mansur (1895), Fakhr-un-Nisa (1092), and Darius Khondji (1955). After him are Gholam Reza Azhari (1912), Fatemeh Pahlavi (1928), Hassan Habibi (1937), Marshall Manesh (1950), Mehdi Taremi (1992), and Jalil Zandi (1951).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Iran

Among physicists born in Iran, Ali Javan ranks 2. Before him are Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (1958). After him are Cumrun Vafa (1960).

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