. . . "Ali Javan (Persian: \u0639\u0644\u06CC \u062C\u0648\u0627\u0646\u200E\u200E - Ali Jav\u0101n, Azerbaijani: [\u00E6li d\u0361\u0292a\u03B2\u0251n]; born December 26, 1926) is an Iranian-American physicist and inventor at MIT. His main contributions to science have been in the fields of quantum physics and spectroscopy. He co-invented the gas laser in 1960, with William R. Bennett. In 2007 Javan was ranked Number 12 on the list of the \"Top 100 Living Geniuses\"."@en . "Javan%2C Ali"@en . "Ali Javan"@en . . "Iranian-AmericanPhysicist" . . "\u0639\u0644\u06CC \u062C\u0648\u0627\u0646"@en . . . . . . . . . . "1926Z"^^ . "1926-12-26Z"^^ .