MOSCOW, October 3 The Nobel Prize in Physics for 2023 will be received by Pierre Agostini, Ferenc Krausz and Anne L'Houllier for the creation of methods that allow study the behavior of electrons in matter with record precision, the Nobel Committee of the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced.
““Three 2023 Nobel laureates in physics have been recognized for their experiments, which have given humanity new tools to explore the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules. < ;…> In the world of electrons, changes occur in a few tenths of an attosecond — an attosecond is so short that there are as many of them in one second as there have been seconds since the birth of the Universe,” says the press release.
The laureates’ research made it possible to observe processes that occur so quickly that previously it was impossible to follow them.
Their discoveries are used in various fields, including medicine.
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"For example, in electronics It is important to understand and control the behavior of electrons in a material. Attosecond pulses can also be used to identify various molecules, for example, in medical diagnostics,” explains the Nobel Committee.
Agostini works at Ohio University, USA, Krausch works at the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Germany , L'Houllier — at Lund University, Sweden.
The amount of this year's Nobel Prize is 11 million Swedish kronor (more than 99 million rubles), which will be divided equally between the three laureates.