Fisici a rugadh i n Dordrecht , na hOllainne is a d'oibrigh sna Stait Aontaithe ab ea Nicolaas Bloembergen (1920-2017). Rinne se taighde bunusach ar athshondas nuicleach maighneadach , feabhsu an mheasair is an leasair , agus speictrimeadaracht le leasair. Roinn se Duais Nobel na Fisice le Arthur Schawlaw is Kai Siegbahn i 1981 as a shaothar ar leasair. [1]