John Clauser
John Francis Clauser (/ˈklaʊzər/; born December 1, 1942) is an American theoretical and experimental physicist known for contributions to the foundations of quantum mechanics, in particular the Clauser–Horne–Shimony–Holt inequality. Clauser was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with Alain Aspect and Anton Zeilinger "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science".
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Born | John Francis Clauser December 1, 1942 Pasadena, California, U.S. |
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Known for | Bell test experiments, CHSH inequality |
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Fields | Quantum mechanics |
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Thesis | Measurement of the Cosmic Microwave Background by Optical Observations of Interstellar Molecules (1970) |
Doctoral advisor | Patrick Thaddeus |
Website | johnclauser.com |
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