Anton Zeilinger

Anton Zeilinger, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1945-05-20 in Ried im Innkreis, Austria

Gender: male

Field: Austrian quantum physicist

Biography

Anton Zeilinger is an Austrian quantum physicist and Nobel laureate in physics of 2022. Zeilinger is professor of physics emeritus at the University of Vienna and senior scientist at the Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. Most of his research concerns the fundamental aspects and applications of quantum entanglement.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022

Awarded on: 2022-10-04

"for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science"

Affiliations:

  • University of Vienna – Vienna, Austria
  • Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information, Austrian Academy of Sciences – Vienna, Austria
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