The 2018 Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded to three scientists working the field of laser physics, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced in Stockholm on Tuesday.
The academy said the award is "for groundbreaking inventions in the field of laser physics" with one half to Arthur Ashkin and the other half jointly to Gerard Mourou and Donna Strickland.
"It's crazy! I wonder if it's real! I am so happy! " Strickland said in a telephone interview with the academy at a press conference.
Commenting on her achievements, she emphasized how she "sometimes tries to think outside of the box."
Strickland said she looks forward to receiving the prize in Stockholm in December.
