Gérard Mourou

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Nobel laureate human physicist

Gérard Mourou is a French physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering chirped pulse amplification, a technique that revolutionized high-intensity laser physics.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Gérard Mourou canonical	5
Gérard Albert Mourou	1

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ
awardReceived	Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science ⓘ Charles Hard Townes Award ⓘ IEEE Quantum Electronics Award ⓘ Légion d'honneur ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ
birthCountry	France ⓘ
birthPlace	Albertville ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	France ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1944-06-22 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Michigan ⓘ Université Pierre et Marie Curie (historical) ⓘ surface form: Université Pierre et Marie Curie Sorbonne University ⓘ surface form: Université de Paris
employer	Institut d’Optique Graduate School ⓘ surface form: Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée University of Michigan ⓘ École Polytechnique ⓘ
familyName	Mourou ⓘ
fieldOfWork	laser physics ⓘ optics ⓘ physics ⓘ ultrafast optics ⓘ
givenName	Gérard ⓘ
hasAcademicDiscipline	nonlinear optics ⓘ ultrashort pulse lasers ⓘ
influenced	applications of high-intensity lasers in industry ⓘ applications of high-intensity lasers in medicine ⓘ development of petawatt-class lasers ⓘ
knownFor	chirped pulse amplification ⓘ high-intensity laser physics ⓘ
memberOf	American Physical Society ⓘ Académie des Sciences ⓘ surface form: French Academy of Sciences National Academy of Engineering ⓘ Optica ⓘ
name	Gérard Mourou self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Gérard Albert Mourou
nationality	French ⓘ
NobelPrizeCategory	Physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeMotivation	for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics ⓘ
NobelPrizeYear	2018 ⓘ
notableWork	development of chirped pulse amplification ⓘ
positionHeld	director of Laboratoire d'Optique Appliquée ⓘ founding director of Center for Ultrafast Optical Science ⓘ professor ⓘ
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sharesNobelPrizeWith	Arthur Ashkin ⓘ Donna Strickland ⓘ
workLocation	Ann Arbor ⓘ Palaiseau ⓘ

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Subject: Gérard Mourou
Description of subject: Gérard Mourou is a French physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering chirped pulse amplification, a technique that revolutionized high-intensity laser physics.

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Donna Strickland → doctoralAdvisor → Gérard Mourou ⓘ

Donna Strickland → coAuthor → Gérard Mourou ⓘ

Donna Strickland → sharesNobelPrizeWith → Gérard Mourou ⓘ

chirped pulse amplification → developedBy → Gérard Mourou ⓘ

Gérard Mourou → name → Gérard Mourou self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Gérard Albert Mourou

Arthur Ashkin → sharesNobelPrizeWith → Gérard Mourou ⓘ