Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.
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Michel Devoret
Michel Henri Devoret is a French–American physicist. He is Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics at Yale University. He serves as the Chief Scientist for Quantum Hardware at Google Quantum AI. He is known for the development of various superconducting quantum computing architectures, including the quantronium, the transmon, a…
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science · French–American physicist (born 1953) · physicist · also Michel Devoret, M. H. Devoret, Devoret
Born 5 March 1953 · Q26703310
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2025· 2 entries
Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2025).
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2024· 2 entries
Awarded Comstock Prize in Physics (2024).
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Moved to the University of California, Santa Barbara to serve as Professor of Physics
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2023· 1 entry
Was named the Chief Scientist for Hardware at Google Quantum AI
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2018· 1 entry
In an experiment demonstrating the interruption and reversal of quantum jumps in a superconducting artificial atom, providing new insights into the dynamics of quantum measurement
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Fritz London Award (2014).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded John Stewart Bell Prize (2013).
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2010· 1 entry
Also developed a microwave quantum limited amplifier for qubit readout and sensing
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2009· 1 entry
Devoret also pioneered fluxonium, which can be understood as a special type of flux qubit
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1996· 1 entry
Devoret spent a research stay in the laboratory of Hans Mooij at Delft University of Technology
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1991· 1 entry
Awarded Prix Ampère (1991).
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1982· 2 entries
Both from the University of Orsay (now Paris-Saclay University)
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Studied at University of Paris-Sud, doctorate (1975–1982).
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1975· 2 entries
From École nationale supérieure des télécommunications (now Télécom Paris)
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Studied at Télécom Paris, engineer (1975).
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1970· 1 entry
Michel Devoret received the Prix de la Couronne française, an award recognizing young French researchers
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1953· 1 entry
Born 1953-03-05.
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