Nils Overgaard Andersen [2005]
Niels Bohr Institute, Denmark
Citation: For his contribution to the study of atomic collision processes through electron and photon polarization analysis and the systematic development of quantum-mechanically complete descriptions.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Alain Jean Aspect [2005]
Laboratoire Charles Fabry, France
Citation: For his trailblazing experimental tests of Bell's inequalities, and seminal contributions to laser cooling and atom optics.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Albert Crowe [2005]
Newcastle University
Citation: For his carefully designed, state of the art measurements of electron scattering from atoms and molecules, which have provided very stringent tests for theoretical collision models.
Nominated by: DAMOP
David P. DeMille [2005]
Yale University
Citation: For his pioneering experimental searches for violations of discrete symmetries in atoms and molecules and for his development of trapped polar molecules as potential systems for quantum computing.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Ivan H. Deutsch [2005]
University of New Mexico
Citation: For fundamental contributions to the theory of optical lattices and quantum logic using neutral atoms.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Kurt E. Gibble [2005]
Pennsylvania State University
Citation: For innovative contributions to laser-cooled atomic clocks and ultra-cold atom-atom scattering.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Mark A. Kasevich [2005]
Stanford University
Citation: For pioneering studies of laser cooling, atom interferometry, and Bose-Einstein condensation.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Emmanuel H. Knill [2005]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For fundamental contributions to our understanding of the control and manipulation of quantum systems, including quantum error correction, determination of tolerable error rates, and linear optics quantum computing.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Olga Kocharovskaya [2005]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For her pioneering works on lasing without inversion, electromagnetically induced transparency, and laser control of gamma-ray nuclear transitions.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Elizabeth F. McCormack [2005]
Bryn Mawr College
Citation: For contributions to the development of novel four-wave mixing techniques for the study of molecular Rydberg states, and for efforts to advance the state of undergraduate physics education.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Christopher Roy Monroe [2005]
University of Michigan
Citation: For contributions to the use of laser-cooled trapped atomic ions in quantum control applications and for quantum information science.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Krzysztof Pachucki [2005]
Warsaw University
Citation: For his numerous contributions to the theory of quantum electrodynamics, in particular evaluation of higher order corrections to the one and two-loop Lamb shift.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Eite Tiesinga [2005]
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Citation: For pioneering work on the measurement and control of cold atomic collisions by scattering resonances.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Joannes Theodorus Maria Walraven [2005]
Van der Waals-Zeeman Institut
Citation: For pioneering experimental and theoretical contributions to the physics of quantum gases.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Harry Robert James Walters [2005]
The Queen's University, UK
Citation: For many significant contributions to atomic collision theory.
Nominated by: DAMOP
Muhammad Suhail Zubairy [2005]
Texas A&M University
Citation: For his pioneering and wide ranging contributions in quantum optics with special emphasison quantum computing and quantum noise quenching in lasers and optical amplifiers.
Nominated by: DAMOP