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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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Gérard Mourou receiving his Nobel Prize from the King of Sweden.

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Gérard Mourou after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2018.

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

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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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Nobel Laureate in Physics Gérard Mourou has donated an object from his research to the Nobel museum.

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Portrait of Gérard Mourou.

Photo: © Jérémy Barande – École Polytechnique

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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