David J. Wineland
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David J. Wineland in 2008 | |
Born | David Jeffrey Wineland 24 Februar 1944 Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA |
Naitionality | American |
Alma mater | Varsity o Californie, Berkeley Harvard Varsity Varsity o Washington |
Awairds | Nobel Prize in Pheesics (2012) Naitional Medal o Science (2007) Schawlow Prize (2001) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Pheesics |
Institutions | Naitional Institute o Staundarts an Technology Varsity o Colorado, Boulder |
Thesis | The Atomic Deuterium Maser (1971) |
Doctoral advisor | Norman Foster Ramsey, Jr. |
David Jeffrey Wineland[1] (born Februar 24, 1944)[2] is an American Nobel Prize-winnin pheesicist at the Naitional Institute o Staundarts an Technology (NIST) pheesics laboratory. His wirk haes includit advances in optics, specifically laser cuilin o ions in Paul traps an uise o trapped ions tae implement quantum computin operations. He wis awairdit the 2012 Nobel Prize for Pheesics, jyntly wi Serge Haroche, for "grund-breakin experimental methods that enable measurin an manipulation o individual quantum seestems." [3][4]
References
- ↑ Class of 1961 Graduation List. encinahighschool.com
- ↑ "David Wineland". Array of Contemporary American Physicists. Retrieved 13 Januar 2013.
- ↑ "Press release - Particle control in a quantum world". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
- ↑ Template:Cite pmid
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- Harvard Varsity alumni
- Varsity o Californie, Berkeley alumni
- Nobel laureates in Pheesics