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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.
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 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: ...
Nov 5, 2018 · Born on 5 November 1948 in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, William Phillips is a Nobel Prize–winning physicist known for the development of laser cooling and trapping of neutral atoms. After earning his PhD in physics from MIT in 1976, he worked two more years at MIT as a postdoctoral fellow.
William Phillips was awarded Nobel Prize 1997 in Physics "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 Daniel Phillips is an American physicist who shared the 1997 physics prize with Steven Chu (US) and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (France). All three developed methods of cooling and trapping atoms using lasers.
William Phillips is a Distinguished University and College Park Professor of physics. In 1997 he was a co-recipient of the Nobel Prize of Physics "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light."
