Scientist

Anton Zeilinger

1945–present · quantum information, quantum optics
Austrian physicist, pioneer of quantum information and quantum optics. He designed and carried out key experiments on quantum teleportation, multi-particle entanglement, and Bell inequality tests with all local loopholes closed. Winner of the Nobel Prize in 2022.

Biography

Born in Ried (Austria). He earned his doctorate at the University of Vienna. Professor at the University of Innsbruck and the University of Vienna. President of the Austrian Academy of Sciences. He led the group that achieved the first quantum teleportation of an independent qubit and entanglement distribution between the Canary Islands.

Key discoveries

💡 In one experiment, his team teleported photon states between the islands of La Palma and Tenerife over a distance of 143 km.
"He asserted that quantum mechanics teaches that reality does not exist until it is measured."
Concepts
quantum entanglementquantum informationquantum measurementquantum optics
Laws
Bell's theorem
Scientists
Charles TownesAlain AspectErwin SchrödingerDavid DeutschShuji NakamuraJohn Stewart BellNiels BohrAlbert A. Michelson

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