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David J. Wineland

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David J. Wineland
David J. Wineland in 2008
BornDavid Jeffrey Wineland
(1944-02-24) 24 Februar 1944 (age 82)
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA
NaitionalityAmerican
Alma materVarsity o Californie, Berkeley
Harvard Varsity
Varsity o Washington
AwairdsNobel Prize in Pheesics (2012)
Naitional Medal o Science (2007)
Schawlow Prize (2001)
Scientific career
FieldsPheesics
InstitutionsNaitional Institute o
Staundarts an Technology

Varsity o Colorado, Boulder
ThesisThe Atomic Deuterium Maser (1971)
Doctoral advisorNorman 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

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  1. ↑ Class of 1961 Graduation List. encinahighschool.com
  2. ↑ "David Wineland". Array of Contemporary American Physicists. Archived frae the original on 26 Januar 2013. Retrieved 13 Januar 2013.
  3. ↑ "Press release - Particle control in a quantum world". Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved 9 October 2012.
  4. ↑ Phillips, WD (30 Apryle 2013). "Profile of David Wineland and Serge Haroche, 2012 Nobel laureates in physics". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America. 110 (18): 7110–1. PMID 23584018.