Awards & Winners

Theodore Maiman

Date of Birth 11-July-1927
Place of Birth Los Angeles
(Southern California, Los Angeles County, United States of America, California)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Theodore H. Maiman, Ted Maiman
Profession Physicist, Scientist
Theodore Harold "Ted" Maiman was an American physicist credited with the invention of the first working laser. Maiman’s laser led to the subsequent development of many other types of lasers. The laser was successfully fired on May 16, 1960. In a July 7, 1960 press conference in Manhattan, Maiman and his employer, Hughes Aircraft Company, announced the laser to the world. Maiman was granted a patent for his invention, and he received many awards and honors for his work. Maiman's experiences in developing the first laser and subsequent related events are described in his book, The Laser Odyssey.

Awards by Theodore Maiman

Check all the awards nominated and won by Theodore Maiman.

1983


Wolf Prize in Physics
(for his realization of the first operating laser, the pulsed three level ruby laser.)