Our expert explains the Nobel Prize to scientists Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland
The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics to the American Arthur Ashkin, the Frenchman Gérard Mourou and the Canadian Donna Strickland for their work on developing tools based on light.
According to Fotoglass expert and UC professor Fernando Moreno, "what unites the prize for all three researchers is that they have been able to demonstrate that light can be a tool". Moreno explains the award criteria and gives us an insight into these three scientists and the significance of their findings.
Professor Fernando Moreno comments on this in the following vide