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Physics Nobel Goes to Laser Pioneers
Physics Nobel Goes to Laser Pioneers
Three researchers, Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland, who worked on optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification win the 2018 award.
Three researchers, Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland, who worked on optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification win the 2018 award.
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The Optical Trap
Don Monroe | Aug 28, 2005 | 8 min read
When Art Ashkin, Steve Chu, and their colleagues at Bell Labs in Holmdel, NJ, first invented optical tweezers, they spent their days pushing around tiny, glass spheres.
Building a Better Optical Trap
Karen Heyman | Jun 19, 2005 | 8 min read
Shortly after the invention of the laser, Bell Labs physicist Arthur Ashkin began exploring the range of the new devices.