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Physics World

Quantum pioneers snap up 2013 Wolf prize

Michael Banks

Published Feb 1, 2013• 0 citations
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Abstract

The 2013 Wolf Prize in Physics has been awarded to Juan Ignacio Cirac of the Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics in Munich, Germany, and Peter Zoller of the University of Innsbruck in Austria for “groundbreaking theoretical contributions to quantum-information processing, quantum optics and the physics of quantum gases”.
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10.1088/2058-7058/26/02/12

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The University of Innsbruck in Austria is one of the world's leading centres for research into the mysteries and subtleties of quantum theory. The work of Anton Zeilinger and colleagues at Innsbruck – such as the experimental demonstration of quantum teleportation – regularly appears in the leading journals, and in magazines such as Physics World. Recently a surprising figure was seen in the labs. Was that really the Dalai Lama – the spiritual leader of Tibetan Buddhism and winner of the 1989 Nobel Peace Prize – checking out a quantum optics experiment?