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| Strickland was born on May 27, 1959 in ], Ontario, Canada.<ref name="doc_thesis">{{cite web |last1=Strickland |first1=Donna T. |title=Development of an ultra-bright laser and an application to multi-photon ionization |url=http://www.lle.rochester.edu/media/publications/documents/theses/Strickland.pdf |website=Laboratory for Laser Energetics |publisher=University of Rochester |accessdate=2 October 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707150743/http://www.lle.rochester.edu/media/publications/documents/theses/Strickland.pdf |archivedate=7 July 2013 |date=1988}}</ref> | Strickland was born on May 27, 1959 in ], Ontario, Canada.<ref name="doc_thesis">{{cite web |last1=Strickland |first1=Donna T. |title=Development of an ultra-bright laser and an application to multi-photon ionization |url=http://www.lle.rochester.edu/media/publications/documents/theses/Strickland.pdf |website=Laboratory for Laser Energetics |publisher=University of Rochester |accessdate=2 October 2018 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130707150743/http://www.lle.rochester.edu/media/publications/documents/theses/Strickland.pdf |archivedate=7 July 2013 |date=1988}}</ref> | ||
| Strickland graduated with a ] degree in ] from ] in 1981. At McMaster she was one of three women in a class of 25.<ref name="globeandmail">{{cite news |last1=Semeniuk |first1=Ivan |title=Canada’s newest Nobel Prize winner, Donna Strickland, ‘just wanted to do something fun’ |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/world/article-canadian-scientist-donna-strickland-shares-nobel-physics-prize/ |accessdate=3 October 2018 |publisher=The Globe and Mail |date=2 October 2018}}</ref> | |||
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| ⚫ | She obtained her ] degree in Physics (specializing in optics) at the ] in 1989.<ref name="TOS">{{cite web |title=Biographies -Donna T. Strickland |url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/history/biographies/donna-t-strickland/ |publisher=The Optical Society |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref><ref name="UWBio">{{cite web |title=Donna Strickland |url=https://uwaterloo.ca/education-program-for-photonics-professionals/people-profiles/donna-strickland |website=Education Program for Photonics Professionals |publisher=University of Waterloo |accessdate=2 October 2018 |language=en |date=11 September 2012}}</ref> Her ] was titled "Development of an ultra-bright laser and an application to multi-photon ionization", and was supervised by her doctoral advisor ].<ref name="doc_thesis" /> In 1985, while at Rochester, the pair co-invented ] for lasers, a method of generating ultrashort optical pulses of high intensity, for which they later received the ].<ref name="bbc2">{{cite news |last1=Murphy |first1=Jessica |title=Donna Strickland: The 'laser jock' Nobel prize winner |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-45722890 |accessdate=2 October 2018 |publisher=BBC News |date=2 October 2018}}</ref> | ||
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| ==Career== | ==Career== | ||
| From 1988 to 1991, Strickland was a research associate at the ], where she worked with ] in the Ultrafast Phenomena Section, which had the distinction at that time of having produced the most powerful short-pulse laser in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24232914/laser_lab_makes_short_work_of_super_beam/|title=Laser lab makes short work of super beam|last=Page|first=Shelley|date=19 October 1990|work=The Ottawa Citizen|access-date=}}</ref> |
From 1988 to 1991, Strickland was a research associate at the ], where she worked with ] in the Ultrafast Phenomena Section, which had the distinction at that time of having produced the most powerful short-pulse laser in the world.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/24232914/laser_lab_makes_short_work_of_super_beam/|title=Laser lab makes short work of super beam|last=Page|first=Shelley|date=19 October 1990|work=The Ottawa Citizen|access-date=}}</ref> She was a physicist with the laser division of ] from 1991 to 1992 and joined the technical staff of ]'s Advanced Technology Center for Photonics and Opto-electronic Materials in 1992. She joined the ] in 1997 as an assistant professor<ref name="TOS"/> and is currently an associate professor, leading an ultrafast laser group that develops high-intensity laser systems for nonlinear optics investigations.<ref name="UW"/> She describes herself as a "laser jock".<ref name="bbc2"/> | ||
| Strickland's recent work has focused on pushing the boundaries of ultrafast optical science to new wavelength ranges such as the ] and the ], using techniques such as two-colour or multi-frequency techniques, as well as ].<ref name="UW"/> She is also working on the role of high-power lasers in the microcrystalline lens of the human eye, during the process of micromachining of the eye lens to cure ].<ref name="UW"/> | Strickland's recent work has focused on pushing the boundaries of ultrafast optical science to new wavelength ranges such as the ] and the ], using techniques such as two-colour or multi-frequency techniques, as well as ].<ref name="UW"/> She is also working on the role of high-power lasers in the microcrystalline lens of the human eye, during the process of micromachining of the eye lens to cure ].<ref name="UW"/> | ||
| ==Nobel Prize in Physics== | ==Nobel Prize in Physics== | ||
| On 2 October 2018, Strickland was awarded the ] for her work on ] with ] at ], who is now a professor and member of Haut Collège at the ] and A. D. Moore Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the ]. | |||
| On 2 October 2018, Strickland was awarded the ] for her work on ] which first started while she was a doctoral student at ]. She shares the prize with ] who was then her doctoral advisor; he is now professor and member of Haut Collège at the ]. They first wrote about the technique in a 1985 article,<ref>{{cite news |title=University of Waterloo prof awarded Nobel Prize for physics |url=https://www.thestar.com/news/world/2018/10/02/canadian-donna-strickland-third-woman-to-win-nobel-physics-prize.html |work=Toronto Star|publisher=Torstar |accessdate=3 October 2018}}</ref> "Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses".<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1985-10-15|title=Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0030401885901518|journal=Optics Communications|language=en|volume=55|issue=6|pages=447–449|doi=10.1016/0030-4018(85)90151-8|issn=0030-4018|last1=Strickland|first1=Donna|last2=Mourou|first2=Gerard}}</ref> Their invention of chirped pulse amplification for lasers led to the development of the field of high-intensity ultrashort pulses of light beams. Because the ultrabrief and ultrasharp light beams is capable of making extremely precise cuts, the technique is now used in ], ], medicine, ] studies and other applications. It has enabled doctors to perform millions of corrective ].<ref>{{cite web |title="Optical Tweezers" and Tools Used for Laser Eye Surgery Snag Physics Nobel |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/optical-tweezers-and-tools-used-for-laser-eye-surgery-snag-physics-nobel1/ |accessdate=2 October 2018 |publisher=Scientific American |date=2 October 2018}}</ref> Strickland said that after developing the technique they knew it would be a game-changer.<ref name="bbc2"/> | |||
| ], a retired American physicist who worked at the ], received the other half of the prize for his invention of "] that grab particles, atoms, viruses and other living cells with their laser beam fingers".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/arthur-ashkin-2-others-win-nobel-physics-prize-for-laser-research/|title=Arthur Ashkin, 2 others win Nobel Physics Prize for laser research|date=2 October 2018|website=Times of Israel|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> | Strickland and Mourou published their pioneering work "Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses" in 1985 while Strickland was still a doctoral student under Mourou.<ref>{{Cite journal|date=1985-10-15|title=Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses|url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/0030401885901518|journal=Optics Communications|language=en|volume=55|issue=6|pages=447–449|doi=10.1016/0030-4018(85)90151-8|issn=0030-4018|last1=Strickland|first1=Donna|last2=Mourou|first2=Gerard}}</ref> Their invention of chirped pulse amplification for lasers led to the development of the field of high-intensity ultrashort pulses of light beams. Because the ultrabrief and ultrasharp light beams is capable of making extremely precise cuts, the technique is used in ], ], medicine, ] studies and other applications. It has enabled doctors to perform millions of corrective ].<ref>{{cite web |title="Optical Tweezers" and Tools Used for Laser Eye Surgery Snag Physics Nobel |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/optical-tweezers-and-tools-used-for-laser-eye-surgery-snag-physics-nobel1/ |accessdate=2 October 2018 |publisher=Scientific American |date=2 October 2018}}</ref> Strickland said that after developing the technique they knew it would be a game-changer.<ref name="bbc2"/> ], a retired American physicist who worked at the ], received the other half of the prize for his invention of "] that grab particles, atoms, viruses and other living cells with their laser beam fingers".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/arthur-ashkin-2-others-win-nobel-physics-prize-for-laser-research/|title=Arthur Ashkin, 2 others win Nobel Physics Prize for laser research|date=2 October 2018|website=Times of Israel|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> | ||
| Strickland is the first female ] in 55 years and the third woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, after ] in 1903 and ] in 1963.<ref name="UW"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45655151|title=First woman Physics Nobel winner in 55 years|journal=BBC News|first=Paul|last=Rincon|date=2 October 2018|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> | Strickland is the first female ] in 55 years and the third woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, after ] in 1903 and ] in 1963.<ref name="UW"/><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-45655151|title=First woman Physics Nobel winner in 55 years|journal=BBC News|first=Paul|last=Rincon|date=2 October 2018|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> | ||
| ==Awards and recognition== | ==Awards and recognition== | ||
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| *2018 – Nobel Prize in Physics, together with ] and ]<ref name="PW">{{cite web |title=Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland win the Nobel Prize for Physics |url=https://physicsworld.com/a/arthur-ashkin-gerard-mourou-and-donna-strickland-the-nobel-prize-for-physics/ |publisher=Physics World |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> | *2018 – Nobel Prize in Physics, together with ] and ]<ref name="PW">{{cite web |title=Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland win the Nobel Prize for Physics |url=https://physicsworld.com/a/arthur-ashkin-gerard-mourou-and-donna-strickland-the-nobel-prize-for-physics/ |publisher=Physics World |accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> | ||
| She has served as the vice president (2011) and the president (2013) of ], and was a topical editor of the journal '']'' from 2004 to 2010.<ref name="UW" /><ref name="TOS2">{{cite web|url=https://www.osa.org/en-us/about_osa/newsroom/news_releases/2018/arthur_ashkin_gerard_mourou_and_donna_strickland_a/|title=Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland Awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics|website=osa.org|publisher=The Optical Society|accessdate=2 October 2018}}</ref> | |||
| In 1999, Strickland received Ontario's Premier's Research Excellence Award and in 2000 she was the recipient of the Cottrell Scholars Award, for her research and academic leadership. She was named a fellow of the Optical Society of America in 2008.<ref name="bbc2" /> | In 1999, Strickland received Ontario's Premier's Research Excellence Award and in 2000 she was the recipient of the Cottrell Scholars Award, for her research and academic leadership. She was named a fellow of the Optical Society of America in 2008.<ref name="bbc2" /> | ||
| Before she won the Nobel Prize |
Before she won the Nobel Prize, a ] of the ] had rejected a draft about her, deeming her not sufficiently ].<ref>https://en.wikipedia.org/Draft:Donna_Strickland?oldid=842614385</ref> | ||
| ==Selected publications== | ==Selected publications== | ||
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| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
| *{{Official website}} | * {{Official website}} | ||
| * at ] | * at ] | ||
| {{Nobel Prize in Physics}} | {{Nobel Prize in Physics}} | ||
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Canadian physicist and Nobel laureate| Donna Strickland | |
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.jpg) Strickland in 2017 | |
| Born | Donna Theo Strickland (1959-05-27) May 27, 1959 (age 65) Guelph, Ontario, Canada |
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| Spouse | Doug Dykaar |
| Children | 2 |
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| Scientific career | |
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| Institutions | University of Waterloo |
| Thesis | Development of an ultra-bright laser and an application to multi-photon ionization (1988) |
| Doctoral advisor | Gérard Mourou |
| Website | uwaterloo |
Donna Theo Strickland (born May 27, 1959) is a Canadian optical physicist and Nobel laureate, who is an associate professor in the Physics and Astronomy Department at the University of Waterloo. A pioneer in the field of pulsed lasers, she received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, together with Gérard Mourou and Arthur Ashkin.
Early life and education
Strickland was born on May 27, 1959 in Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
Strickland graduated with a Bachelor of Engineering degree in engineering physics from McMaster University in 1981. At McMaster she was one of three women in a class of 25.
She obtained her PhD degree in Physics (specializing in optics) at the University of Rochester in 1989. Her doctoral thesis was titled "Development of an ultra-bright laser and an application to multi-photon ionization", and was supervised by her doctoral advisor Gérard Mourou. In 1985, while at Rochester, the pair co-invented chirped pulse amplification for lasers, a method of generating ultrashort optical pulses of high intensity, for which they later received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Career
From 1988 to 1991, Strickland was a research associate at the National Research Council of Canada, where she worked with Paul Corkum in the Ultrafast Phenomena Section, which had the distinction at that time of having produced the most powerful short-pulse laser in the world. She was a physicist with the laser division of Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory from 1991 to 1992 and joined the technical staff of Princeton's Advanced Technology Center for Photonics and Opto-electronic Materials in 1992. She joined the University of Waterloo in 1997 as an assistant professor and is currently an associate professor, leading an ultrafast laser group that develops high-intensity laser systems for nonlinear optics investigations. She describes herself as a "laser jock".
Strickland's recent work has focused on pushing the boundaries of ultrafast optical science to new wavelength ranges such as the mid-infrared and the ultraviolet, using techniques such as two-colour or multi-frequency techniques, as well as Raman generation. She is also working on the role of high-power lasers in the microcrystalline lens of the human eye, during the process of micromachining of the eye lens to cure presbyopia.
Nobel Prize in Physics
On 2 October 2018, Strickland was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for her work on chirped pulse amplification with Gérard Mourou at Rochester, who is now a professor and member of Haut Collège at the École Polytechnique and A. D. Moore Distinguished University Professor Emeritus at the University of Michigan.
Strickland and Mourou published their pioneering work "Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses" in 1985 while Strickland was still a doctoral student under Mourou. Their invention of chirped pulse amplification for lasers led to the development of the field of high-intensity ultrashort pulses of light beams. Because the ultrabrief and ultrasharp light beams is capable of making extremely precise cuts, the technique is used in laser micromachining, laser surgery, medicine, fundamental science studies and other applications. It has enabled doctors to perform millions of corrective laser eye surgeries. Strickland said that after developing the technique they knew it would be a game-changer. Arthur Ashkin, a retired American physicist who worked at the Bell Labs, received the other half of the prize for his invention of "optical tweezers that grab particles, atoms, viruses and other living cells with their laser beam fingers".
Strickland is the first female Nobel Physics laureate in 55 years and the third woman in history to win the Nobel Prize in Physics, after Curie in 1903 and Goeppert-Mayer in 1963.
Awards and recognition
- 1998 – Alfred P. Sloan Research Fellowship
- 1999 – Premier's Research Excellence Award
- 2000 – Cottrell Scholars Award from Research Corporation
- 2008 – Fellow of the Optical Society of America
- 2018 – Nobel Prize in Physics, together with Arthur Ashkin and Gérard Mourou
She has served as the vice president (2011) and the president (2013) of the Optical Society, and was a topical editor of the journal Optics Letters from 2004 to 2010.
In 1999, Strickland received Ontario's Premier's Research Excellence Award and in 2000 she was the recipient of the Cottrell Scholars Award, for her research and academic leadership. She was named a fellow of the Optical Society of America in 2008.
Before she won the Nobel Prize, a patroller of the English Misplaced Pages had rejected a draft about her, deeming her not sufficiently notable.
Selected publications
- Strickland, Donna; Mourou, Gerard (1985). "Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses". Optics Communications. 56 (3): 219–221. doi:10.1016/0030-4018(85)90120-8. ISSN 0030-4018.
- Maine, P.; Strickland, D.; Bado, P.; Pessot, M.; Mourou, G. (1988). "Generation of ultrahigh peak power pulses by chirped pulse amplification". IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. 24 (2): 398–403. doi:10.1109/3.137. ISSN 0018-9197.
See also
References
- ^ "Donna Strickland - Physics and Astronomy". 5 April 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Strickland, Donna T. (1988). "Development of an ultra-bright laser and an application to multi-photon ionization" (PDF). Laboratory for Laser Energetics. University of Rochester. Archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2013. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- Semeniuk, Ivan (2 October 2018). "Canada's newest Nobel Prize winner, Donna Strickland, 'just wanted to do something fun'". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 3 October 2018.
- ^ "Biographies -Donna T. Strickland". The Optical Society. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "Donna Strickland". Education Program for Photonics Professionals. University of Waterloo. 11 September 2012. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ^ Murphy, Jessica (2 October 2018). "Donna Strickland: The 'laser jock' Nobel prize winner". BBC News. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- Page, Shelley (19 October 1990). "Laser lab makes short work of super beam". The Ottawa Citizen.
- Strickland, Donna; Mourou, Gerard (1985-10-15). "Compression of amplified chirped optical pulses". Optics Communications. 55 (6): 447–449. doi:10.1016/0030-4018(85)90151-8. ISSN 0030-4018.
- ""Optical Tweezers" and Tools Used for Laser Eye Surgery Snag Physics Nobel". Scientific American. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "Arthur Ashkin, 2 others win Nobel Physics Prize for laser research". Times of Israel. 2 October 2018. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- Rincon, Paul (2 October 2018). "First woman Physics Nobel winner in 55 years". BBC News. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "Past Sloan Fellows". sloan.org. Alfred P. Sloan Foundation. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - "Cottrell Scholars" (PDF). rescorp.org. Research Corporation For Science Advancement. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
{{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter:|dead-url=(help) - "Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland win the Nobel Prize for Physics". Physics World. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- "Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou, and Donna Strickland Awarded 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics". osa.org. The Optical Society. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- https://en.wikipedia.org/Draft:Donna_Strickland?oldid=842614385
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