Nobel Laureate Physics 2018 Arthur Ashkin - Harvey Prize Recipient 2004

In 2004 Dr. Arthur Ashkin was awarded the Harvey Prize at Technion. Dec. 10, 2018 Ashkin is awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics.
Dr. Ashkin retired from AT&T Bell Laboratories, Holmdel, New Jersey received the Harvey Prize in Science and Technology in recognition of his pioneering theoretical and experimental research on manipulation of particles by laser light forces, including the invention of "optical tweezers", which revolutionized atomic and biological physics, and for his basic contributions to nonlinear optics. The ceremony took place on Dec. 16, 2004.