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Nobel Prize : Quantum Entanglement Unveiled

Michael Schirber

The 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics honors research on the foundations of quantum mechanics, which opened up the quantum information frontier.

PhysicsOct 4, 20227 citations

Quantum effects in circuits honored with Physics Nobel

Adrian Y. Cho

Breakthrough paved the way to many of today's budding quantum computers.

ScienceOct 9, 20250 citations

Foundational theories in topological physics garner Nobel Prize

Sung Kee Chang

The laureates bucked conventional wisdom to redefine the meaning of phases and phase transitions in one- and two-dimensional materials.

Physics TodayNov 30, 20165 citations

Three scientists win the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments on quantum entanglement

MITCH JACOBY

Chemical & Engineering NewsOct 8, 20220 citations

Untangling Entanglement History: Early Quantum Contributions of Chien-Shiung Wu

Michelle Frank

Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997) is often referred to as “the Chinese Marie Curie” even though she conducted most of her research in the US. She is best known for her discovery of the non-conservation of parity for weakly interacting particles – a finding for which she is widely regarded as having been passed over for the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. Seven years earlier, though, in a one-page letter to Physical Review , Wu and her graduate student also quietly reported what has come to be understood as the first conclusive evidence of entangled photons. Twenty years later, as quantum foundations research emerged from shadow, Wu revisited her 1949 experiment with a more refined approach. Wu shared the new results with Stuart Freedman, a collaborator of John Clauser. Clauser et al . would rigorously critique Wu’s experiments through at least 1978. In 2022, the Nobel Committee honored Clauser, Alain Aspect, and Anton Zeilinger, each of whom had produced increasingly convincing proof of entanglement beginning in the 1970s. Wu’s foundational work from almost seventy years earlier, however, was not mentioned. This chapter aims to help bring Wu’s entangled photons back into the light.Chien-Shiung Wu (1912–1997) is often referred to as “the Chinese Marie Curie” even though she conducted most of her research in the US. She is best known for her discovery of the non-conservation of parity for weakly interacting particles – a finding for which she is widely regarded as having been passed over for the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics. Seven years earlier, though, in a one-page letter to Physical Review , Wu and her graduate student also quietly reported what has come to be understood as the first conclusive evidence of entangled photons. Twenty years later, as quantum foundations research emerged from shadow, Wu revisited her 1949 experiment with a more refined approach. Wu shared the new results with Stuart Freedman, a collaborator of John Clauser. Clauser et al . would rigorously critique Wu’s experiments through at least 1978. In 2022, the Nobel Committee honored Clauser, Alain Aspect, and Anton Zeilinger, each of whom had produced increasingly convincing proof of entanglement beginning in the 1970s. Wu’s foundational work from almost seventy years earlier, however, was not mentioned. This chapter aims to help bring Wu’s entangled photons back into the light.

Cambridge University Press eBooksJun 19, 20250 citations

Demonstrations of quantum entanglement earn the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics

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Physics TodayOct 4, 20223 citations

Physics Nobel honors foundational quantum entanglement experiments

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