The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022: Awarded jointly to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science"

Submitted by shiruken t3_xvga2t in science

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded jointly to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, and Anton Zeilinger "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science."

>Using groundbreaking experiments, Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have demonstrated the potential to investigate and control particles that are in entangled states. What happens to one particle in an entangled pair determines what happens to the other, even if they are really too far apart to affect each other. The laureates’ development of experimental tools has laid the foundation for a new era of quantum technology.

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iamisg t1_ir0tr8o wrote

Quantum biology is another interesting emerging field. One of less discussed views of ageing is a reduced ability to maintain quantum signatures, e.g. utilization of quantum tunneling by mitochondria.

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escherbach t1_ir1mow4 wrote

This one has been likely for quite a few years now, it's a shame they didn't award it in the 1980s (after Aspect's experiment) when Bell was still alive. Bell, Clauser and Aspect would have been a nice Trio, and quite a tidy award too.

Zeilinger has done amazing experiments, but a little more involved compared to the simplicity of the Bell tests that Clauser and Aspect did.

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iamisg t1_ir1r8dk wrote

Replying to escherbach (#30,078)

Well, it's a "no bell" prize.

The Nobel Committee is always slow and awards are long overdue. The average waiting time is over 20 years. 25 years even for Zeilinger.

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sans--soleil t1_ir36bpw wrote

Wish somebody could explain the significance of these experiments in language easy to understand.

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helm t1_ir4q1vp wrote

Replying to sans--soleil (#32,566)

This trio (with others in their field) have pushed our understanding of Quantum Physics and established it as a part of Physics defying local realism. That is, the kind of physics that deals with 100% determined points in space and time.

While establishing this they also laid grounds for quantum information theory, which is the basis for quantum computing. This is now slowly turning into technology. The first out for potential commercial use is quantum encryption, that immediately reveals attempts to read the information sent (it prevents eavesdropping).

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AdvancedPhoenix t1_irek5lv wrote

A french, an Austrian and an American... Sound like the beginning of a bad joke.

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