Wolf Prize · Physics

Wolf Prize 1984: Winners

Recipients

  1. Erwin L. Hahn

    Physics

    for his discovery of nuclear spin echoes and for the phenomenon of self-induced transparency.

  2. Peter B. Hirsch

    Physics

    for his development of the utilization of the transmission electron microscope as a universal instrument to study the structure of crystalline matter.

  3. Theodore H. Maiman

    Physics

    for his realization of the first operating laser, the pulsed three level ruby laser.