The 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland “for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems”.
Serge Haroche
Born: 1944, Casablanca, Morocco
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics
Serge Haroche is a French physicist who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with David J. Wineland . Haroche is a Professor at the Collège de France and holds the Chair of Quantum Physics.
David J. Wineland
Born: 1944, Milwaukee, WI, USA
Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, Benjamin Franklin Medal, Frederic Ives Medal.
David Jeffrey Wineland is an American Nobel Prize-winning physicist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology physics laboratory.