NOBEL PRIZE 2012 IN PHYSICS

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"

Serge Haroche

Born: 1944, Casablanca, Morocco

Affiliation at the time of the award:Collège de France, Paris, France, École Normale Supérieure, Paris, France

Prize motivation: "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"

David J. Wineland

Born: 1944, Milwaukee, WI, USA

Affiliation at the time of the award:National Institute of Standards and Technology, Boulder, CO, USA, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO, USA

Prize motivation: "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"

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