Nobel Prize in physics, 1981
firstname: Nicolaas
surname: Bloembergen
motivation: "for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy"
firstname: Arthur L.
surname: Schawlow
motivation: "for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy"
firstname: Kai M.
surname: Siegbahn
motivation: "for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy"