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IMAGE: Ali Javan (far right, in 1993), one of the founders of the helium-neon or HeNe laser, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2016. (Image credit: http://alijavan.mit.edu/WPP61Bio.htm)IMAGE: Ali Javan (far right, in 1993), one of the founders of the helium-neon or HeNe laser, passed away on Monday, September 12, 2016. (Image credit: http://alijavan.mit.edu/WPP61Bio.htm)

Photonics community loses HeNe pioneer Ali Javan

Gail Overton | LaserFocusWorld
September 15, 2016

Ali Javan, the first named Francis Wright Davis Professor of Physics at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT; Cambridge, MA), passed away on Monday, September 12, 2016. Recognized for his leadership and original contributions to the field of lasers and quantum electronics, he won international acclaim for his invention of the world’s first laser to operate continuously, at an unprecedented color purity and accuracy.
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