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Arthur Ashkin

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American physicist (1922-2020)

United StatesScientistsLived 1922 to 2020 · aged 98
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Arthur Ashkin was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Labs. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of optical tweezers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 at age 96, becoming the oldest Nobel laureate until 2019 when John B. Goodenough was awarded at 97.

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Awards 10

2018Nobel Prize in Physics
2013National Inventors Hall of Fame
2004Harvey Prize
2003Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science
1998Frederic Ives Medal
1988Charles Hard Townes Award
1987IEEE Quantum Electronics Award
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Fellow of the Optical Society
IEEE Fellow

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Arthur Ashkin was an American scientist and Nobel laureate who worked at Bell Labs. Ashkin has been considered by many as the father of optical tweezers, for which he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 at age 96, becoming the oldest Nobel laureate until 2019 when John B. Goodenough was awarded at 97. He resided in Rumson, New Jersey.

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United States
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Scientists
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Scientist
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deceased
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Lived 1922 to 2020 · aged 98
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