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William Daniel Phillips (born November 5, 1948) is an American physicist. He shared the Nobel Prize in Physics, in 1997, with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji.
William D. Phillips is an American physicist whose experiments using laser light to cool and trap atoms earned him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1997. He shared the award with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, who also developed methods of laser cooling and atom trapping.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997 was awarded jointly to Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillips "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light"
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1997 was awarded jointly to Steven Chu, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillips "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light"
W ILLIAM D. P HILLIPS. 1997 Nobel Laureate in Physics. for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light. Background. Born: 1948. Place of birth: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Education: Ph.D.'76 from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, U.S.A.)
William Phillips discusses how his home life helped develop his early interest in science, the cultural differences he has observed in the way physicists approach problems (5:03), his incredibly precise thesis and how it helped establish the value of the fine structure constant (8:05), his move from MIT to the National Bureau of Standards (14: ...
William Phillips was awarded Nobel Prize 1997 in Physics "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light."
