= Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018
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One half went to <Arthur Ashkin> for <optical tweezers> and their biological applications. One quarter each went to <Gérard Mourou> and <Donna Strickland> for a method of generating intense, ultrashort optical pulses.<The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 by Nobel Prize Outreach>[Individual official summary: Ashkin one half for optical tweezers and biological applications; Mourou and Strickland one quarter each for intense ultrashort optical pulses.]{ref}
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