Physics Nobel prize won by Arthur Ashkin, Gérard Mourou and Donna Strickland

American, Frenchman and Canadian share 9m Swedish kronor (770,000) prize for work in laser physics

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Three scientists have been awarded the 2018 Nobel prize in physics for creating groundbreaking tools from beams of light.

The American physicist Arthur Ashkin, Gi(C)rard Mourou from France, and Donna Strickland in Canada will share the 9m Swedish kronor (770,000) prize announced by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm on Tuesday. Strickland is the first female physics laureate for 55 years.