Died 2020-09-21.
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Arthur Ashkin
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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Born 2 September 1922 · Died 21 September 2020 · Q708472
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2020· 1 entry
2018· 4 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems.
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Optical Tweezers and their Application to Biological Systems
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Arthur Ashkin was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics for his work on optical trapping
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2018).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded National Inventors Hall of Fame (2013).
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2004· 1 entry
Awarded Harvey Prize (2004).
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2003· 1 entry
Awarded Joseph F. Keithley Award For Advances in Measurement Science (2003).
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1998· 1 entry
Won Frederic Ives Medal (1998).
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1992· 1 entry
After a 40-year career during which he contributed to many areas of experimental physics
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1988· 2 entries
Awarded Charles Hard Townes Award (1988).
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And the Frederic Ives Medal in 1998, both from The Optical Society
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1987· 1 entry
Awarded IEEE Quantum Electronics Award (1987).
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1984· 1 entry
And to the National Academy of Sciences in 1996
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1952· 2 entries
And then went to work for Bell Labs at the request and recommendation of Sidney Millman, who was Ashkin's supervisor at Columbia University
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Studied at Cornell University, Doctor of Philosophy (1952).
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1922· 2 entries
Born 1922-09-02.
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To a family of Ukrainian-Jewish background
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