The Review of Laser Engineering

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012: Progress in Cavity Quantum Electrodynamics

Hirano Takuya

Published Jan 1, 2013• 0 citations

Abstract

The Nobel Prize in physics 2012 was awarded “for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”. The methods are based on optical technologies such as a laser, and will open a door to new quantum technologies in which light and matter interact in a qualitatively different manner.

DOI: 10.2184/lsj.41.7_474

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