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Donna Strickland
Developing a method for producing extremely intense, short laser pulses.
Chirped pulse amplification · Ultrafast optics
- Born
- 27 May 1959
- Birthplace
- Guelph, Canada
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Donna Strickland
Donna Strickland is a Canadian physicist who shared the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for chirped pulse amplification.
Early life
Engineering physics
Studied at McMaster University.
Doctorate
Worked with Gérard Mourou at the University of Rochester.
Career
- 1980s
Graduate research
Developed chirped pulse amplification with Mourou.
- 1990s
Laser research
Worked in research laboratories before joining Waterloo.
- 1997 onward
University of Waterloo
Built a research career in ultrafast optics.
Contributions
Chirped pulse amplification
Co-authored the foundational demonstration.
Ultrafast optics
Studied intense light pulses and their interactions.
Nobel Prize
Shared the laser-method half of the physics prize with Mourou.
Beyond physics
Professional leadership
Served as president of the Optical Society.
Teaching
Has trained students in optical physics.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Nobel Prize: Donna Strickland ↗Photo: Bengt Nyman from Vaxholm, Sweden. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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