The 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Ferenc Krausz, Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier for "experimental methods for generating attosecond light pulses for the study of the dynamics of electrons in matter," the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on October 3.
Dr. Ferenc Krausz, managing director of the Center for Molecular Fingerprinting (also director of the Max-Planck Quantum Optics Research Institute and professor at the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München) and his colleagues were the first to produce attosecond light pulses at the turn of the millennium and enables direct observation of the movement of electrons. Due to the fundamental importance of these movements, a new branch of science was created: attosecond physics, the latest application of which is aimed at the early detection of diseases.
According to the announcement on Tuesday, this year's three Nobel laureates in physics will be recognized for experiments that have given humanity new tools to explore the world of electrons inside atoms and molecules. Ferenc Krausz, Pierre Agostini and Anne L'Huillier demonstrated a method of generating extremely short light pulses, which can be used to measure the fast processes during which electrons move or change their energy.
In 2019, the Hungarian government, under the leadership of Dr. Ferenc Krausz, established the Molecular Fingerprint Research Center, which implements a research and development project related to the healthcare application of the award-winning method. The aim of the project is to make the infrared molecular fingerprint one of the cornerstones of the next generation of molecular diagnostics, thus opening a new way for the comprehensive examination of the health of the population and the early detection of diseases.
(Source: Editorial)