William Daniel Phillips
American physics Nobel laureate (born 1948) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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"William D. Phillips" redirects here. For the chemist and spectroscopist, see William Dale Phillips.
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.
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William Daniel Phillips | |
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Born | (1948-11-05) November 5, 1948 (age 75) |
Alma mater | MIT Juniata College |
Known for | Laser cooling |
Awards | Nobel Prize in physics (1997) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | NIST University of Maryland, College Park |
Doctoral advisor | Daniel Kleppner |
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