Arthur Ashkin News, Articles | The Scientist Magazine®

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.

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.

Home
Subjects
arthur ashkin

arthur ashkin

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.