Well, after three years of Nobel Prizes in Physics to (mostly)...
Well, after three years of Nobel Prizes in Physics to (mostly) theoretical physicists, this year it goes to Applied Physics (Optics, specifically, Laser physics), and the winners are:
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Arthur Ashkin (American, 96 years, the oldest recipient in the history of Nobel prizes), for his invention of the optical tweezers.
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Gérard Mourou (French) and Donna Strickland (Canadian, the third woman to be awarded in Physics) for the invention of the chirped pulse amplification (CPA) technique.
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