
Gérard Mourou
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Gérard Albert Mourou (French: [ʒeʁaʁ muʁu]; born 22 June 1944) is a French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, along with Donna Strickland, for the invention of chirped pulse amplification, a technique later used to create ultrashort-pulse, very high-intensity (petawatt) laser pulses. In 1994, Mourou and his team at the University of Michigan discovered that the balance between the self-focusing refraction (se
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Extreme light pulses in the service of science and society – Nobel Laureate Gerard Mourou’s lecture in English on video
Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland Awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics
Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland win the Nobel Prize for Physics
Nobel de physique : comment Gérard Mourou a révolutionné la chirurgie de l’œil
Nobel Prize in physics awarded for ‘tools made of light’; first woman in 55 years honored