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One Hundred Years of Light Quanta (Nobel Lecture)
Author(s) -
Glauber Roy J.
Publication year - 2006
Publication title -
chemphyschem
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.016
H-Index - 140
eISSN - 1439-7641
pISSN - 1439-4235
DOI - 10.1002/cphc.200600329
Subject(s) - glauber , physics , photon , realm , quantum , theoretical physics , quantum mechanics , scattering , political science , law
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005 falls in the realm of light (see picture; a) classical and b) quantum physics observation of light), and it is awarded to three scientists: Roy Glauber, John Hall and Theodor Hänsch. Roy Glauber succeeded in describing a general method for observing photons. He formulated a theory that gives optics a quantum‐mechanical basis.
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