Gérard Mourou
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1 (of 8) Gérard Mourou receiving his Nobel Prize from H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2018.
© Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
2 (of 8) Gérard Mourou receiving his Nobel Prize from the King of Sweden.
© Nobel Media. Photo: Nanaka Adachi
3 (of 8) Gérard Mourou after receiving his Nobel Prize at the Stockholm Concert Hall, 10 December 2018.
© Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
4 (of 8) Gérard Mourou walks up to receive his Nobel Prize medal at the award ceremony in Stockholm, 10 December 2018.
© Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
5 (of 8) 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.
© Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
6 (of 8) Nobel Laureate in Physics Gérard Mourou has donated an object from his research to the Nobel museum.
© Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud
7 (of 8) Portrait of Gérard Mourou.
Photo: © Jérémy Barande – École Polytechnique
8 (of 8) 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
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