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Percy L. Spencer
High-Efficiency Magnetron
Percy Spencer, while working for the Raytheon Company, discovered a more efficient way to manufacture magnetrons. This discovery led to significant…
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Robert N. Hall
Semiconductor Laser
Robert Hall invented the version of the magnetron that operates most microwave ovens, the semiconductor laser found in compact disc players, and…
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Howard S. Jones, Jr.
Conformal Antennas
Howard Jones invented the conformal antenna, a type of antenna found in applications including rockets, missiles, and spacecraft. His innovations in…
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Robert Rines
High-Resolution Radar and Sonar
Robert H. Rines' contributions to radar and sonar began at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Radiation Laboratory with modulation…
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Arthur Ashkin
Optical Trapping
Arthur Ashkin invented optical trapping, a process that traps small particles, such as atoms and molecules, and macroscopic particles by using laser…
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Arthur Leonard Schawlow
Laser
Arthur L. Schawlow was co-inventor of the laser. He worked with Charles H. Townes, who was inducted into the National Inventors Hall of Fame in 1976…
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Herman A. Affel
Coaxial Cable
Herman Affel and Lloyd Espenschied invented coaxial cable at AT&T Bell Telephone Laboratories in 1929. The coaxial cable opened a wide spectrum…
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Alfred Y. Cho
Molecular Beam Epitaxy (MBE)
Alfred Cho is considered "the father of molecular beam epitaxy," a process in which materials are layered atop one another atom-by-atom within a…
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Evelyn Berezin
Computer Systems for Business Use
Evelyn Berezin was an expert in logic design and data transmission. She designed one of the earliest computer reservations systems for airlines and…