Gérard Mourou

Gérard Mourou was a French engineer and physicist renowned for developing a technique called chirped pulse amplification (CPA). This innovation allows lasers to produce extremely intense, short bursts of light without damaging equipment, enabling advances in medical procedures, industrial cutting, and scientific research. His work has significantly improved our ability to generate powerful laser pulses, contributing to fields such as laser surgery and fundamental physics experiments. Mourou was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018 for this groundbreaking contribution, which has expanded the possibilities of laser technology and its applications across multiple disciplines.