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Arthur Ashkin (September 2, 1922 – September 21, 2020) was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Labs. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of optical tweezers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 at age 96, becoming the oldest Nobel laureate until 2019 when John B. Goodenough was awarded at 97. He resided in Rumson, New Jersey. Ashkin started his work on manipulation of microparticles with laser light in the late 1960s which resulted in the
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Arthur Ashkin, 98, Dies; Nobel Laureate Invented a ‘Tractor Beam’ (Published 2020)
Arthur Ashkin, Nobel-winning physicist who trapped molecules with light, dies at 98
Arthur Ashkin of Rumson, oldest to win Nobel Prize for work at Bell Labs, dies at 98
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AAAS Fellow Arthur Ashkin Shares Nobel Prize in Physics for Optical Tweezers - American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland win the Nobel Prize for Physics