![Charles Townes, physics Nobel laureate who co-invented the laser beam, dead at 99 | South China Morning Post Charles Townes, physics Nobel laureate who co-invented the laser beam, dead at 99 | South China Morning Post](https://img.i-scmp.com/cdn-cgi/image/fit=contain,width=425,format=auto/sites/default/files/styles/768x768/public/2015/01/29/charlestownes_0.jpg?itok=YicHFfjW)
Charles Townes, physics Nobel laureate who co-invented the laser beam, dead at 99 | South China Morning Post
Wikipedia on Twitter: "On this day in 1960: Arthur Leonard Schawlow and Charles Hard Townes received the first patent for a laser. https://t.co/eVQ3rBUsZL https://t.co/D54kuR0qeF" / Twitter
![Coherent Laser on Twitter: "Today in 1960, #TheodoreMaiman used an artificial ruby to create the first #laser. #HistoryInspiresUs https://t.co/5ZZZEyezGu" / Twitter Coherent Laser on Twitter: "Today in 1960, #TheodoreMaiman used an artificial ruby to create the first #laser. #HistoryInspiresUs https://t.co/5ZZZEyezGu" / Twitter](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CimoxDFUYAEyph1.jpg)
Coherent Laser on Twitter: "Today in 1960, #TheodoreMaiman used an artificial ruby to create the first #laser. #HistoryInspiresUs https://t.co/5ZZZEyezGu" / Twitter
![͑ a ͒ Theodore Maiman's first laser, removed from aluminum cylinder... | Download Scientific Diagram ͑ a ͒ Theodore Maiman's first laser, removed from aluminum cylinder... | Download Scientific Diagram](https://www.researchgate.net/publication/46158628/figure/fig2/AS:306051615346693@1449979799734/a-Theodore-Maimans-first-laser-removed-from-aluminum-cylinder-used-during.png)
͑ a ͒ Theodore Maiman's first laser, removed from aluminum cylinder... | Download Scientific Diagram
![This Day in Patent History - On March 22, 1960, Schawlow and Townes were issued a patent for the laser - Patent Yogi LLC This Day in Patent History - On March 22, 1960, Schawlow and Townes were issued a patent for the laser - Patent Yogi LLC](https://patentyogi.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/03/PatentYogi_This-Day-in-Patent-History_March-22.jpg)