Donna Strickland receives her Nobel Prize from the King of Sweden.

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Donna Strickland with relatives after the Nobel Prize award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden on 10 December 2018.

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Donna Strickland and H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden proceed into the Blue Hall of the Stockholm City Hall for the Nobel Prize banquet, 10 December 2018.

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Donna Strickland and H.M. King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden at the Nobel Prize banquet in the Stockholm City Hall, 10 December 2018.

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Donna Strickland delivering her speech at the Nobel Banquet, 10 December 2018.

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Donna Strickland takes a closer look at her Nobel Prize medal during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 12 December 2018.

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Donna Strickland showing her Nobel Prize medal during a visit to the Nobel Foundation on 12 December 2018.

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Chemistry laureate Frances Arnold and physics laureate Donna Strickland depicted with chocolate medals.

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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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Donna Strickland delivering her Nobel Lecture at the Aula Magna, Stockholm University, on 8 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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Donna Strickland at a press conference during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 2018.

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Donna Strickland photographed during Nobel Week in Stockholm, December 2018.

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Donna Strickland arriving to the laureates' get together at the Nobel Prize Museum in Stockholm on 6 December 2018.

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Waiting for the award ceremony to start - Paul M. Romer, William D. Nordhaus, Frances H. Arnold and Donna Strickland just before they receive their medals and diplomas.

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Donna Strickland in the laboratory.

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