Light People: Prof. Eric Mazur speaks about ultrafast optics and education

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- Light People: Prof. Eric Mazur speaks about ultrafast optics and education
- Light: Science & Applications Vol. 13, Issue 3, Pages: 402-406(2024)
- Affiliations：
  
  1.Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun, China
  2.State Key Laboratory of Precision Measurement Technology and Instrument, Department of Precision Instrument, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
- Author bio：
  
  Chenzi Guo (guocz@ciomp.ac.cn)
  Yang Li (yli9003@mail.tsinghua.edu.cn)
- Funds：
- DOI：10.1038/s41377-024-01402-8
  CLC：
- Published Online：26 February 2024，
  
  Published：31 March 2024
- Accepted：
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Guo, C. Z. & Li, Y. Light People: Prof. Eric Mazur speaks about ultrafast optics and education. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 402-406 (2024).
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Guo, C. Z. & Li, Y. Light People: Prof. Eric Mazur speaks about ultrafast optics and education. Light: Science & Applications, 13, 402-406 (2024). DOI： 10.1038/s41377-024-01402-8.

Prof. Eric Mazur is a great influencer over and beyond the optics community. As a physicist

he is a pioneer of ultrafast optics and was one of the inventors of colliding-pulse mode-locked laser. As an educator

he not only gave talks to thousands

but also revolutionized teaching with his globally renowned methodology "Peer Instruction". As a leader and entrepreneur

he co-founded several companies and was President of Optica (formerly the Optical Society) and currently is the Chair of the Optica Foundation. Here

Light: Science & Applications

talked with Prof. Eric Mazur about his opinions on research

education and industry. The full interview video can be found in the Supplementary File.

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