The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded 112 times to 210 Nobel Laureates between 1901 and 2018. John Bardeen is the only Nobel Laureate who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, in 1956 and 1972. This means that a total of 209 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Physics.

See images of the 2018 Nobel Prize Ceremony.

Nobel Poem: Written by Toshiki Tajima for Gerard Mourou

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Below you will find information on Professor Tajima’s colleagues and friends who have received the Nobel Prize in Physics.

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018

Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland

citation: “For their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses”

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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2018 was awarded “for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics” with one half to Arthur Ashkin “for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems”, the other half jointly to Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland “for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses.”

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017

Rainer Weiss, Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne

citation: “For decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves”

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2017 was divided, one half awarded to Rainer Weiss, the other half jointly to Barry C. Barish and Kip S. Thorne “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves.”