The scientists Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier were announced this Tuesday (3) as the winners of the award Nobel Price for physics 2023 for his research in the field of quantum physics. Using extremely short light pulses, they were able to study the behavior of electrons in atoms and molecules.
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences said the laureates’ work has provided humanity with new tools to explore the world of electrons at the microscopic level, with practical applications in the fields of electronics and medical diagnostics.
The experiments the scientists conducted produced pulses of light so short that they can be measured in attoseconds, an extremely precise measurement of time. This allowed them to obtain detailed images of the processes that occur inside atoms and molecules.
Anne L’Huillier, one of the winners, expressed her joy at this recognition.
“It is truly a prestigious award and I am very happy about it. It’s unbelievable,” he said.
L’Huillier is a researcher at Lund University in Sweden, while Pierre Agostini is a professor at Ohio State University in the United States. Ferenc Krausz is director of the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics.
This is the second Nobel Prize ceremony this week. In the field of medicine, Hungarian scientist Katalin Kariko and her American colleague Drew Weissman were awarded prizes for their discoveries Development of mRNA moleculeswhich enabled the development of vaccines against Covid.
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The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the prize in 2023 #NobelPrize in physics to Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L’Huillier “for experimental methods that generate attosecond light pulses for the study of electron dynamics in matter.” pic.twitter.com/6sPjl1FFzv— The Nobel Prize (@NobelPrize) October 3, 2023