FiO 에서 Charles Townes 와 Steven Chu 가 강연을 했는데,
아래와 같은 일화를 얘기해주더군요. 이미 아시는 분도 많겠지만
혹시 해서 올려봅니다. ㅋㅋㅋ

Bloembergen reminisced about the occasion in 1959 when he and Townes received the Morris Leibmann award for contributions to the maser art.

Townes had presented his wife, Frances, with a medallion made from the ruby he used for his maser.

When Bloembergen's wife, Deli, admired the medallion and asked for a similar memento of 'his' maser, he said, "Well, dear, my maser works with cyanide".