Question

The Nobel Prize for Physics in 2018 was awarded to Arthur Ashkin for pioneering work in which field?
1. Laser Physics
2. Quantum Mechanics
3. Thermodynamics
4. Aerodynamics

Answer 1

Correct Answer - Option 1 : Laser Physics

The correct answer is Laser Physics.

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• The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 was awarded "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics" with one half to Arthur Ashkin "for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems", the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland "for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses."
• Hence option 1 is correct.

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