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  "en": "Optica — In Memoriam: Ali Javan, 1926–2016"
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  "ar": "نعي جمعية البصريات (أوبتيكا) لعلي جوان، 12 سبتمبر 2016: ميلاده في طهران، ودكتوراه كولومبيا 1954، وليزر الغاز المشترك الاختراع مع وليام بينيت سنة 1960، وكرسيه في معهد ماساتشوستس للتقانة.",
  "en": "Optica's obituary of Ali Javan, 12 September 2016: his Tehran birth, Columbia PhD of 1954, the gas laser co-invented with William R. Bennett in 1960, and his MIT professorship."
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  "title": "Ali Javan — In Memoriam: Ali Javan, 1926-2016",
  "author": [
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    "family": "Optica",
    "given": ""
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  "issued": {
   "date-parts": [
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     2016,
     9,
     12
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  "publisher": "Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America)",
  "URL": "https://www.optica.org/about/newsroom/obituaries/2016/ali_javan/",
  "language": "en",
  "reliability_note": "The professional society that awarded him its Frederic Ives Medal (1975), writing his obituary: a primary professional source for the career facts. It names no religion or school. Checked 24 October 2026.",
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 "updated": "2026-10-24",
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  "prose": "CC BY-SA 4.0",
  "data": "CC0 1.0"
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