The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

 

 

 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2005 with one half to Roy J. Glauber “for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence” and one half jointly to John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch “for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique”.
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| Introduction – The two faces of light | Using light as a tool | Are the fundamental constants really constant? | Quantum mechanics – what is it? | Guaranteed secure cryptography | Roy Glauber – the father of quantum optics | Further reading | Credits |
  Nobel Poster from the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, web adapted by Nobel Web AB.

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