The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics: optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics: optical tweezers and chirped pulse amplification

The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Arthur Ashkin (prize share ½), Gérard Mourou (prize share ¼), and Donna Strickland (prize share ¼) for “groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics.” This feature article summarizes the development of “optical tweezers and their application...

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Published in:Analytical and bioanalytical chemistry 2019-08, Vol.411 (20), p.5001-5005
Main Authors: Asplund, Matthew C., Johnson, Jeremy A., Patterson, James E.
Format: Article
Language:eng
Subjects:
Amplification
Analytical Chemistry
Ashkin, Arthur
Biochemistry
Characterization and Evaluation of Materials
Chemistry
Chemistry and Materials Science
Feature Article
Food Science
Inventions
Laboratory Medicine
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis
Nobel laureates
Nobel prizes
Optical pulses
Physicists
Physics
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Summary:The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Arthur Ashkin (prize share ½), Gérard Mourou (prize share ¼), and Donna Strickland (prize share ¼) for “groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics.” This feature article summarizes the development of “optical tweezers and their application to biological systems” by Arthur Ashkin, as well as the Mourou/Strickland method of “generating high-intensity, ultrashort optical pulses” known as chirped pulse amplification. Further developments are also briefly discussed.
ISSN:1618-2642
1618-2650