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1 (of 17) Gérard Mourou receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2018.

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2 (of 17) Gérard Mourou receiving his Nobel Prize from the King of Sweden.

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3 (of 17) Gérard Mourou after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2018.

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4 (of 17) Gérard Mourou walks up to receive his Nobel Prize medal at the award ceremony in Stockholm, 10 December 2018.

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5 (of 17) Gérard Mourou and his wife Marcelle Mourou after the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 2018.

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6 (of 17) Gérard Mourou and Sweden’s Princess Sofia proceed into the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall for the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2018.

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7 (of 17) Gérard Mourou with Sweden’s Queen Silvia (right) and Princess Sofia (left) at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2018.

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8 (of 17) 2018 laureates assembled at the Nobel Foundation on 12 December 2018. From left: physics laureate Arthur Ashkin's son Michael Ashkin, laureate in economic sciences William D. Nordhaus, physics laureates Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou, chemistry laureates Sir Gregory P. Winter and George P. Smith, medicine laureates Tasuku Honjo and James P. Allison, chemistry laureate Frances H. Arnold, laureate in economic sciences Paul M. Romer and peace laureate Denis Mukwege.

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9 (of 17) Gérard Mourou having a look at the Nobel Foundation's guest book, signed by the laureates since 1952, during his visit to the Nobel Foundation on 13 December 2018.

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10 (of 17) Gérard Mourou delivering his Nobel Prize lecture in physics on 8 December 2018 at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University.

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11 (of 17) Gérard Mourou lecturing

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12 (of 17) Donna Strickland and Gérard Mourou after they delivered their Nobel Lectures on 8 December 2018. Introductions were held by Olga Botner (right), Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.

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13 (of 17) Gérard Mourou arriving to the laureates' get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2018.

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14 (of 17) Like many laureates before him, Gérard Mourou signed a chair at the laureates' get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2018.

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15 (of 17) Nobel Laureate in Physics Gérard Mourou has donated an object from his research to the Nobel museum.

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16 (of 17) Portrait of Gérard Mourou.

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17 (of 17) Gérard Mourou, enjoying the quiet before the storm, immediately after receiving the news that he had been awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics.

Photo: Catherine Sarrazin