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AbstractImportant DatesOccupationPlacesSubjectsRelationships
PeopleInstitutionsArthur Ashkin
Dates
September 2, 1922 – September 21, 2020
Authorized Form of Name
Ashkin, Arthur, 1922-
Additional Forms of Names
Ashkin, Arthur
Biography
Abstract
Ashkin is a physicist, who worked for many years at Bell Laboratories. Ashkin developed the optical tweezers technique which has led to an explosion of biophysical research and won him a portion of the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Important Dates
September 2, 1922Birth, New York (N.Y.).
1942 – 1946Staff Member, Massachusetts Insititute of Technology (MIT) Radiation Laboratory, Columbia University Satellite.
1947Obtained BA, Columbia University, New York (N.Y.).
1952Obtained PhD in Physics, Cornell University, Ithaca (N.Y.).
1952 – 1992Member, Technical Staff (1952-1963); Head, Department of Laser Science (1963-1987); and Member, Technical Staff (1988-1992), Bell Telephone Laboratories, Murray Hill (N.J.).
1984Member, the National Academy of Engineering.
1996Member, National Academy of Sciences.
2004Awarded Harvey Prize, Technion (Israel Institute of Technology).
2009Member, The Optical Society.
2018Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics…for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems".
September 21, 2020Death, Rumson (N.J.).
Occupation
Optical physicist.
Places
Birth
Undergraduate Education
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Relationships
People
Colleagues
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Anderson, P. W. (Philip W.), 1923-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Birgeneau, Robert J. (Robert Joseph), 1942-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Bode, Hendrik W. (Hendrik Wade), 1905-1982
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Brattain, Walter H. (Walter Houser), 1902-1987
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Brinkman, William F. (William Frank), 1938-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Conwell, Esther M. (Esther Marley), 1922-2014
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Eisenstein, James P. (James Philip)
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Fisk, James B. (James Brown), 1910-1981
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Herring, William Conyers, 1914-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Kraichnan, Robert H., 1928-2008
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Lee, P. A. (Patrick A.), 1946-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Pearson, Gerald L. (Gerald Leondus)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Richards, Paul L. (Paul Linford)
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Schawlow, Arthur L., 1921-1999
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Thomas, D. G. (David Gilbert), 1928-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Tsui, D. C. (Daniel Chee), 1939-
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at AT & T Bell Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Both employed at Bell Telephone Laboratories.
Additional
Both awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for separate projects.
Both awarded the 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics for separate projects.
Institutions
Major Positions
Head, Department of Laser Science and Member, Technical staff.
Member, Technical Staff and Head, Department of Laser Science.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Radiation Laboratory
Staff Member, Columbia University Satellite.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
American Association for the Advancement of Science
Columbia University. Department of Physics
Obtained BA in 1947.
Cornell University. Department of Physics
Obtained PhD in 1952.
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers
National Academy of Engineering
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Tekhniyon, Makhon tekhnologi le-Yisra'el
Awarded Harvey Prize in 2004.