Charles H. Townes Nobel Prize lecture Navigate to: Summary-- Facts-- Nobel Prize lecture-- Biographical-- Prize presentation-- Banquet speech-- Interview-- Photo gallery-- Nominations-- Other resources- Nicolay G. Basov- Aleksandr M. Prokhorov Presentation Speech Nobel Lecture, December 11, 1964 Production of Coherent Radiation by Atoms and Molecules Read the Nobel Lecture Pdf 956 kB Go to the top of the page