Physicists who turned science fiction into reality share the Nobel Prize for their work on lasers

Three physicists whose pioneering work transformed lasers from science-fiction fantasy into powerful tools were awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in physics.Arthur Ashkin, a researcher at Bell Laboratories in New Jersey, receives half of the $1.01-million prize for inventing "optical tweezers" — focused...

Source: Los Angeles Times - Science - October 2, 2018 Category: Science Authors: Sarah Kaplan Source Type: news