Pierre Agostini

Pierre Agostini
Agostini in 2023
Born (1941-07-23) 23 July 1941
Alma materAix-Marseille University (BEd, MAS, PhD)
Known forAbove-threshold ionization
RABBITT
AwardsGay-Lussac–Humboldt Prize (2003)
William F. Meggers Award (2007)
Nobel Prize in Physics (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsAttosecond physics
InstitutionsCEA Saclay
Ohio State University
ThesisAppareillage permettant la réalisation de filtres multidiélectriques UV: Étude des couches Sb2O3 cryolithe (1967)
Websitephysics.osu.edu/people/agostini.4

Pierre Agostini (French pronunciation: [pjɛʁ aɡɔstini]; born 23 July 1941) is a French experimental physicist and Emeritus professor at the Ohio State University in the United States, known for his pioneering work in strong-field laser physics and attosecond science. He is especially known for the observation of above-threshold ionization and the invention of the reconstruction of attosecond beating by interference of two-photon transitions (RABBITT) technique for characterization of attosecond light pulses. He was jointly awarded the 2023 Nobel Prize in Physics.