The Nobel Prize in Physics 1981

Nicolaas Bloembergen

Prize share: 1/4

Arthur Leonard Schawlow

Prize share: 1/4

Kai M. Siegbahn

Prize share: 1/2

The Nobel Prize in Physics 1981 was divided, one half jointly to Nicolaas Bloembergen and Arthur Leonard Schawlow "for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy" and the other half to Kai M. Siegbahn "for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy".

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