Physicists Who Explored Tiny Glimpses of Time Win Nobel Prize

The development of attosecond pulses of light allowed researchers to explore the frame-by-frame movement of electrons.

To catch a glimpse of the subatomic world’s unimaginably fleet-footed particles, you need to produce unimaginably brief flashes of light. Anne L’Huillier, Pierre Agostini and Ferenc Krausz have shared the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics for their pioneering work in developing the ability to illuminate reality on almost inconceivably brief timescales.