NSF congratulates laureates of the 2023 Nobel Prize in physics
October 3, 2023
3 scientists shared the prize 'for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter.'
The U.S. National Science Foundation congratulates Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Huillier on their 2023 Nobel Prize in physics. Their groundbreaking discoveries have given humanity new tools for exploring the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules and paved the way for the creation of new technologies.
NSF is proud to have supported the work of Agostini. Over the course of his career, he has received four awards for his experiments in strong field physics and on the atom's response to ultra-fast bursts of electromagnetic radiation. For decades, NSF has funded research on lasers — like the beam of light used by the laureates' during their experiments — attoseconds and the basic laws governing the physical world.
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