question: What group is responsible for the award in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices?
answer: The Optical Society
context: Title: Charles Hard Townes Award
  Passage: The Charles Hard Townes Award of The Optical Society is a prize for Quantum Electronics (physics of lasers).  It is named after Charles H. Townes and is awarded annually since 1981.
  Title: Quantum Electronics (journal)
  Passage: Quantum Electronics is a peer-reviewed scientific journal.  It is the English edition of the Russian journal ""Kvantovaya Elektronika"".  The editor-in-chief is Oleg N. Krokhin (Lebedev Physical Institute).  The journal covers all topics pertaining to laser research and laser applications.  Publishing formats include letters, regular papers, discussions, and reviews.
  Title: Charles H. Townes
  Passage: Charles Hard Townes (July 28, 1915 – January 27, 2015) was an American physicist and inventor of the maser and laser.  Townes worked on the theory and application of the maser, for which he obtained the fundamental patent, and other work in quantum electronics associated with both maser and laser devices.  He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics during 1964 with Nikolay Basov and Alexander Prokhorov.  Charles was an advisor to the United States Government, meeting every US President from Harry Truman (1945) to Bill Clinton (1999).
citations: Charles Hard Townes Award Charles H. Townes