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Roy J. Glauber
Roy Jay Glauber was an American theoretical physicist. He was the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University and Adjunct Professor of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. Born in New York City, he was awarded one half of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence", with the other half shared by John L. Hall and Theodor W.…
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science · American theoretical physicist (1925–2018) · physicist · university teacher · also Roy J. Glauber, Roy Jay Glauber, R.J. Glauber, Glauber
Born 1 September 1925 · Died 26 December 2018 · Q64188
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2012· 1 entry
insider.si.edu: Roy J. Glauber, "Quantum Mechanical Behavior of Light"
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2008· 2 entries
Awarded honorary doctor of the University of Valencia (2008).
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Won Gold medal of the Spanish National Research Council (2008).
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence.
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2005).
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1997· 2 entries
Awarded Honorary Fellow of the Royal Society Te Apārangi (1997).
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Awarded Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1997).
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1996· 1 entry
Awarded Dannie Heineman Prize for Mathematical Physics (1996).
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1985· 2 entries
Won Albert A. Michelson Medal (1985).
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Awarded Max Born Award (1985).
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1963· 1 entry
Created a model for photodetection and explained the fundamental characteristics of different types of light, such as laser light (see coherent state) and light from light bulbs (see blackbody)
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1951· 1 entry
Became a temporary lecturer at the California Institute of Technology, where he replaced Richard Feynman
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1925· 2 entries
Born 1925-09-01.
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In New York City the son of Felicia (Fox) and Emanuel B
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