Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger are the winners of this year's Nobel Prize in Physics. It was awarded “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science”.

Each of the scientists has conducted groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states, where two particles behave like a single unit even when they are separated. The obtained results have cleared the way for new technology based upon quantum information.

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The Nobel Prize is worth 10 million Swedish kronor. It will be shared equally between the laureates.

  • Alain Aspect, born 1947 in Agen, France. PhD 1983 from Paris-Sud University, Orsay, France. Professor at Université Paris-Saclay and École Polytechnique, Palaiseau, France.
  • John F. Clauser, born 1942 in Pasadena, CA, USA. PhD 1969 from Columbia University, New York, USA. Research Physicist, J.F. Clauser & Assoc., Walnut Creek, CA, USA.
  • Anton Zeilinger, born 1945 in Ried im Innkreis, Austria. PhD 1971 from University of Vienna, Austria. Professor at University of Vienna, Austria.

For more information please visit:
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2022

www.nobelprize.org/uploads/2022/10/popular-physicsprize2022.pdf

Source: www.nobelprize.org

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