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Serge Haroche

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1944–наст. время · quantum optics, atomic physics, quantum measurements
French physicist, one of the creators of cavity QED (electrodynamics of resonators). He studies the interaction of single atoms with photons in superconducting cavities, observes quantum decoherence, and implements non-destructive quantum measurements. Nobel Prize laureate in 2012.

Biography

Born in Casablanca, Morocco. PhD from Pierre and Marie Curie University in Paris. Professor at the Collège de France and École Normale Supérieure. Together with Jean-Michel Raimond, he built a unique experimental setup that allows 'counting' photons without absorbing them.

Key discoveries

💡 His resonator experiment can be compared to 'counting photons without turning on the light'; it literally allows one to see quantum superposition and its collapse.
Quote: "The boundary between the quantum and classical worlds is not a wall, but a bridge that we are only learning to cross."
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