Optica — In Memoriam: Ali Javan, 1926–2016

Optica's obituary of Ali Javan, 12 September 2016: his Tehran birth, Columbia PhD of 1954, the gas laser co-invented with William R. Bennett in 1960, and his MIT professorship.

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islam.museum contributors. “Optica — In Memoriam: Ali Javan, 1926–2016”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/source/optica-ali-javan-obituary/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-10-24.

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