Question: What group is responsible for the award in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices?
Context: Zsolt Bor (born 1949) is a Hungarian physicist, currently working at the University of Szeged.  He has a BSc in Electrical Engineering from the Technical University in Kiev (1973), a MSc in physics (1974), and PhD in Physics from JATE University (1975).  He is a member of the Academia Europaea, the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, the Quantum Electronics and Optics Division of the European Physical Society, the Commission on Quantum Electronics, and Hungarian Physical Society Department of Optics and Quantum Electronics.  He is one of the inventors of the "Rhinolight phototherapeutical apparatus" for hay fever therapy. The IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering optical, electrical, and electronics engineering, and some applied aspects of lasers, physical optics, and quantum electronics.  It is published by the IEEE Photonics Society and was established in 1965.  The editor-in-chief is Aaron R. Hawkins (Brigham Young University).  According to the "Journal Citation Reports", the journal has a 2013 impact factor of 2.113. In his historic paper entitled "The Quantum Theory of Optical Coherence," Roy J. Glauber set a solid foundation for the quantum electronics/quantum optics enterprise.  The experimental development of the optical maser and later laser at that time had made the classical concept of optical coherence inadequate.  Glauber started from the quantum theory of light detection by considering the process of photoionization in which a photodetector is triggered by an ionizing absorption of a photon.  In the quantum theory of radiation, the electric field operator in the Coulomb gauge may be written as the sum of positive and negative frequency parts Quantum Electronics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal.  It is the English edition of the Russian journal ""Kvantovaya Elektronika"".  The editor-in-chief is Oleg N. Krokhin (Lebedev Physical Institute).  The journal covers all topics pertaining to laser research and laser applications.  Publishing formats include letters, regular papers, discussions, and reviews. Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist and inventor of the maser and laser.  Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.  He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics during 1964 with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov.  Charles was an advisor to the United States Government, meeting every US President from Harry Truman (1945) to Bill Clinton (1999). Radiophysics and Quantum Electronics is a monthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering all aspects of radiophysics and quantum electronics.  It is the English translation of the Russian journal "IIzvestiya VUZ.  Radiofizika".  It is published by Springer Science+Business Media on behalf of the Radiophysical Research Institute (Russian Ministry of Education and Science) and the N. I. Lobachevsky State University of Nizhny Novgorod.  The journal was established in 1958 and the editor-in-chief is Vladimir V. Zheleznyakov. Hermann Anton Haus (August 8, 1925 – May 21, 2003) was a Slovene-American physicist, electrical engineer, and Institute Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.  Haus' research and teaching ranged from fundamental investigations of quantum uncertainty as manifested in optical communications to the practical generation of ultra-short optical pulses.  In 1994, the Optical Society of America recognized Dr. Haus' contributions with its Frederic Ives Medal, the society's highest award.  Haus authored or co-authored five books and published nearly 300 articles and presented his work at virtually every major conference and symposium on laser and quantum electronics and quantum optics around the world.  He was awarded the National Medal of Science in 1995 and was adopted into RPI's Alumni Hall of Fame in 2007. James Power Gordon (March 20, 1928 – June 21, 2013) was an American physicist known for his work in the fields of optics and quantum electronics.  His contributions include the design, analysis and construction of the first maser in 1954 as a doctoral student at Columbia University under the supervision of C. H. Townes, development of the quantal equivalent of Shannon’s information capacity formula in 1962, development of the theory for the diffusion of atoms in an optical trap (together with A. Ashkin) in 1980, and the discovery of what is now known as the Gordon-Haus effect in soliton transmission, together with H. A. Haus in 1986. Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov (Russian: Никола́й Генна́диевич Ба́сов ; 14 December 1922 – 1 July 2001) was a Soviet physicist and educator.  For his fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics that led to the development of laser and maser, Basov shared the 1964 Nobel Prize in Physics with Alexander Prokhorov and Charles Hard Townes. The Charles Hard Townes Award of The Optical Society is a prize for Quantum Electronics (physics of lasers).  It is named after Charles H. Townes and is awarded annually since 1981.
Answer: The Optical Society