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Arthur L. Schawlow was already a very famous man when I first met him at a summer school in Scotland in 1969, a few months after I had received my doctorate from the University of Heidelberg in Germany. Immediately captivated by his personality, his quick and sharp mind, and his warm humor, I wrote to him, asking if he would take me on as a postdoc for a year or two. Fortunately, he agreed, and I arrived at his laboratory in May 1970 with a NATO Fellowship. Little did I know that I would join the faculty of the Physics Department at Stanford University two years later, and that I would be able to enjoy a close association and friendship with Art Schawlow for the next 16 years.
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Hänsch, T.W. (1987). From (Incr)edible Lasers to New Spectroscopy. In: Yen, W.M., Levenson, M.D. (eds) Lasers, Spectroscopy and New Ideas. Springer Series in Optical Sciences, vol 54. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-47872-0_1
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