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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.
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"
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.
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William D. Phillips shared the Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji for developing methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light. Learn more about his work, affiliation, prize motivation, and citation on NobelPrize.org.
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 D. Phillips. Professor of Physics, University of Maryland; Physicist, National Institute of Standards and Technology. Verified email at nist.gov. cold atomic gases metrology quantum...
Watch an interview with William D. Phillips, who won the Nobel Prize for his work on laser cooling and trapping atoms. Learn about his early interest in science, his thesis on the fine structure constant, his move to the National Bureau of Standards, and his faith.
