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David J. Wineland

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American physicist

United StatesScientistsBorn 1944 · age 82
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David Jeffery Wineland is an American physicist at the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His most notable contributions include the laser cooling of trapped ions and the use of ions for quantum-computing operations.

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2013Wolfgang Paul Lecture
2012Nobel Prize in Physics
2010Benjamin Franklin Medal
2009Herbert Walther Prize
2007National Medal of Science
2004Frederic Ives Medal
2003Samuel Wesley Stratton Award
2001Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
1998I. I. Rabi Award
1996Einstein Prize for Laser Science
1990Davisson-Germer Prize in Atomic or Surface Physics
1990William F. Meggers Award
Fellow of the American Physical Society

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David Jeffery Wineland is an American physicist at the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). His most notable contributions include the laser cooling of trapped ions and the use of ions for quantum-computing operations. He received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Serge Haroche, for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems."

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Born 1944 · age 82
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