William D. Phillips
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William D. Phillips is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in laser cooling and trapping of atoms.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| William D. Phillips canonical | 3 |
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
American scientist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Albert A. Michelson Medal
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Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science NERFINISHED ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1948-11-05 ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in physics ⓘ |
| doctoralAdvisor | Daniel Kleppner NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
Juniata College
NERFINISHED
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology ⓘ |
| employer |
National Institute of Standards and Technology
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University of Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| familyName | Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
atomic physics
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laser cooling ⓘ laser trapping of atoms ⓘ physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| givenName | William ⓘ |
| hasAcademicAffiliation | University of Maryland, College Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPosition |
Distinguished University Professor at University of Maryland
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NIST Fellow ⓘ |
| knownFor |
development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light
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laser cooling of atoms ⓘ trapping of atoms with laser light ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| memberOf |
American Academy of Arts and Sciences
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American Physical Society ⓘ National Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | William D. Phillips NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.category | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.motivation | development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.year | 1997 ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | demonstration of sub-Doppler laser cooling ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
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researcher ⓘ university professor ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Methodism ⓘ |
| researchArea |
atomic clocks
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precision measurements ⓘ ultracold atoms ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
NERFINISHED
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Steven Chu NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| workplace | Joint Quantum Institute NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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