PHYSICS

摘要

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 was awarded for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics. One half of the prize money has been given to Dr. Arthur Ashkin (USA) for his work on the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems, the other half jointly to Dr. Gerard Mourou (France) and Dr. (Mrs) Donna Strickland (Canada) for their unique method of generating high-intensity ultra-short optical pulses. The Nobel committee in their announcement recognized the scientists for their extraordinary contribution in translating laser light into miniature tools which are "optical tweezers" and "high-intensity ultrashort laser pulses".