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Steven Girvin

American physicist · United States · On the map · Scientists · Born 1950 · age 76

Steven Mark Girvin is an American physicist who is Sterling Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics at Yale University.

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Awards

Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize2007
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science2007
Fellow of the American Physical Society

About this person

He is noted for his theoretical work on quantum many body systems such as the fractional quantum Hall effect, and as co-developer of circuit quantum electrodynamics, the application of the ideas of quantum optics to superconducting microwave circuits. Circuit QED is now the leading architecture for construction of quantum computers based on superconducting qubits.

Country
United States
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 76