God does play dice! Proven experimentally

Nobel Prize in Physics 2022

Authors

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.15407/visn2022.12.019

Keywords:

Nobel Prize in Physics 2022, Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, Anton Zeilinger, entangled photons, violations of Bell inequalities, quantum information science

Abstract

This year the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, Anton Zeilinger “for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science.” Alain Aspect, John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger have each conducted groundbreaking experiments using entangled quantum states, where two particles behave like a single unit even when they are separated. Their results have cleared the way for new technology based upon quantum information. The ineffable effects of quantum mechanics are starting to find applications. There is now a large field of research that includes quantum computers, quantum networks and secure quantum encrypted communication.

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Published

2022-12-29