Arthur Ashkin, Nobel-winning physicist who trapped molecules with light, dies at 98 I am grateful that I got to celebrate and share his accomplishments with my first-semester physics students just a couple of years ago. Rest in the light, Arthur. https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/obituaries/arthur-ashkin-nobel-winning-physicist-who-trapped-molecules-with-light-dies-at-98/2020/09/28/0b0f95ac-00cf-11eb-b7ed-141dd88560ea_story.html