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Anton Zeilinger
Testing quantum entanglement and pioneering the transfer of quantum information.
Quantum teleportation · Three-particle entanglement
- Born
- 20 May 1945
- Birthplace
- Ried im Innkreis, Austria
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Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger is an Austrian experimental physicist. His work uses photons to investigate how quantum systems are connected and how those connections can carry information.
Early life
Austrian beginnings
Was born in Ried im Innkreis after the Second World War.
University training
Studied physics in Vienna and earned his doctorate under Helmut Rauch.
Career
- 1970s–1980s
Neutron research
Worked in Vienna and at MIT on quantum experiments.
- 1990s
Entangled photons
Led experiments on multiparticle entanglement and quantum teleportation.
- 1999 onwards
Vienna
Continued research and institution-building at the University of Vienna.
- 2022
Nobel Prize
Shared the physics prize with Alain Aspect and John Clauser.
Contributions
Quantum teleportation
His team transferred a photon’s quantum state using entanglement.
Three-particle entanglement
Helped realise a foundational multiparticle quantum experiment.
Nobel Prize in Physics
Recognised experimental foundations of quantum information.
Beyond physics
Sailing
Has described sailing as an absorbing activity for both mind and body.
A literary joke
Named his sailboat 42 after The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy.
Sources & photo credit
Life, career and references ↗Biography and contributions ↗Interview and personal background ↗Photo: CEU / Daniel Vegel; Central European University from Budapest, Hungary. CC BY 2.0 · Original image. Cropped and displayed in monochrome.
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