Physicist
Gérard Mourou
Chirped pulse amplification, the basis of laser eye surgery.
Gérard Albert Mourou is a French scientist and pioneer in the field of electrical engineering and lasers. He was awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018, along with Donna Strickland, for the invention of chirped pulse amplification, a technique later used to create ultrashort-pulse, very high-intensity (petawatt) laser pulses.
- Born
- 1944-06-22, Albertville, FranceA Thursday
- At birth
- Sun in Cancer, Moon in Cancer
- Nationality
- France
- Birth-time source
- No birth time on record: Rodden X
Born
At birth
Nationality
Birth-time sourceBirth Chart
1944-06-22, Albertville, France · time unknown, noon chart
Europe/Paristhe zone used then
Europe/ParisThe chart
| Body | Sign | Degree | Motion |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sun | Cancer | 0°50′ | Direct |
| Moon | Cancer | 20°58′ | Direct |
| Mercury | Gemini | 19°59′ | Direct |
| Venus | Gemini | 29°31′ | Direct |
| Mars | Leo | 18°05′ | Direct |
| Jupiter | Leo | 23°40′ | Direct |
| Saturn | Cancer | 0°16′ | Direct |
| Uranus | Gemini | 10°15′ | Direct |
| Neptune | Libra | 1°29′ | Direct |
| Pluto | Leo | 7°15′ | Direct |
Gérard Mourou is alive, so there is one chart here rather than two. The death chart is cast for a documented moment of death and there is nothing to cast one for, which is the point: this site does not estimate either end.
Their Astrocartography
Where each planet sat on one of the four angles at the moment Gérard Mourou was born. Tap a line to read what the tradition associates with it.
Cast for noon, as the birth time is unknown, so the longitudes are approximate.