Nobel Prize in Physics 2022

On October 4, the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022 was awarded to Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser and Anton Zeilinger "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science". Their results have cleared the way for new technology based upon quantum information.*

This year’s Nobel Laureates didn’t achieve their breakthroughs overnight. Below you can read, share, and download a selection of their research that’s published across Springer Nature’s journals and books. Find the story of this year’s Laureates in Physics.

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*The Nobel Prize in Physics 2022. NobelPrize.org. Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2022. Tue. 4 Oct 2022.

Publications by Alain Aspect

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Bell's inequality test: more ideal than ever. Published in: Nature	Coherence length of an elongated condensate. Published in: The European Physical Journal D	Magnetic trapping of metastable helium atoms. Published in: Applied Physics B
Towards a monolithic optical cavity for atom detection and manipulation. Published in: The European Physical Journal D	Realizing a stable magnetic double-well potential on an atom chip. Published in: The European Physical Journal D	Two body loss rate in a magneto-optical trap of metastable He. Published in: The European Physical Journal D
Coherent matter wave inertial sensors for precision measurements in space. Published in: Applied Physics B	Atom chips in the real world: the effects of wire corrugation. Published in: The European Physical Journal D	A focussing funnel for metastable helium. Published in: The European Physical Journal D

Single-photon wavefront-splitting interference. Published in: The European Physical Journal D	Wave-particle duality for single photons. Published in: Hyperfine Interactions	Mechanical Hanle effect. Published in: Zeitschrift für Physik D Atoms,Molecules and Clusters
Trapping cold neutral atoms with an iron-core electromagnet. Published in: The European Physical Journal D	An atom interferometer for measuring loss of coherence from an atom mirror. Published in: The European Physical Journal D	Spontaneous light scattering from propagating density fluctuations in an optical lattice. Published in: The European Physical Journal D
About resonant scattering and other hypothetical effects in the orsay atomic-cascade experiment tests of Bell inequalities: A discussion and some new experimental data. Published in: Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985)	Theory of atomic diffraction from evanescent waves. Published in: Applied Physics B

Book chapters

Wave-Particle Duality : A Case Study. In: Sixty-Two Years of Uncertainty	Experimental Tests of Bell’s Inequalities in Atomic Physics. In: Atomic Physics 8	Laser Manipulation of Neutral Atoms. In: Laser Interactions with Atoms, Solids and Plasmas
Comment on “A classical model of EPR Experiment with Quantum Mechanical Correlations and Bell Inequalities”. In: Frontiers of Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics	Quantum Interference Effect for Two Atoms Radiating a Single Photon. In: Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Theory	The First Single Photon Sources and Single Photon Interference Experiments. In: Quantum Photonics: Pioneering Advances and Emerging Applications
Experimental Tests of Bell’s Inequalities with Pairs of Low Energy Correlated Photons. In: Frontiers of Nonequilibrium Statistical Physics	RF-Induced Evaporative Cooling And BEC In A High Magnetic Field. In: Bose-Einstein Condensates and Atom Lasers	From Einstein, Bohr, Schrödinger to Bell and Feynman: A New Quantum Revolution? In: Niels Bohr, 1913-2013

Experimental Tests of Bell’s Inequalities. In: Advances in Quantum Phenomena	Manipulation of Metastable Helium with a LNA Laser. In: Frequency Standards and Metrology	Experimental tests of Bell's inequalities. In: Mathematical Problems in Theoretical Physics
Correlation of Polarization of Pairs of Photons Emitted in Atomic Cascades as Tests of Bell’s Inequalities. In: Coherence and Quantum Optics V	A High Sensitivity Modulation Method for Atomic Beam Absorption Spectroscopy. In: Laser Spectroscopy VIII	Quantum Interference Effect for Two Atoms Radiating a Single Photon. In: Laser Spectroscopy VII
Optical elements for atoms: A beamsplitter and a mirror. In: Fundamentals of Quantum Optics III	Atomic Motion in a Laser Standing Wave. In: Laser Spectroscopy VIII	Experimental Tests of Bell’s Inequalities. In: The Wave-Particle Dualism
Atomic motion in a resonant laser standing wave. In: Fundamentals of Quantum Optics I

The European Physical Journal D is pleased to be publishing a Topical Issue on Quantum Optics of Light and Matter: Honouring Alain Aspect, gathering contributions from contemporary research on quantum and atom optics, including frontier problems in quantum physics and quantum simulations with photons and ultra-cold gases. (Guest Editors: David Clément, Joseph Thywissen, and Philippe Grangier).

Publications by Anton Zeilinger

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Quantum teleportation, onwards and upwards. Published in: Nature Physics	Quantum imaging with undetected photons. Published in: Nature	Experimental delayed-choice entanglement swapping. Published in: Nature Physics
Experimental Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger entanglement beyond qubits. Published in: Nature Photonics	Advances in high-dimensional quantum entanglement. Published in: Nature Reviews Physics	Experimental non-classicality of an indivisible quantum system. Published in: Nature
Interface between path and orbital angular momentum entanglement for high-dimensional photonic quantum information. Published in: Nature Communications	Bell violation using entangled photons without the fair-sampling assumption. Published in: Nature	High-fidelity transmission of entanglement over a high-loss free-space channel. Published in: Nature Physics

Multi-photon entanglement in high dimensions. Published in: Nature Photonics	Quantum discord as resource for remote state preparation. Published in: Nature Physics	Information Invariance and Quantum Probabilities. Published in: Foundations of Physics
An experimental test of non-local realism. Published in: Nature	Editorial. Published in: Foundations of Physics	Experimental quantum teleportation. Published in: Natur
Experimental test of quantum nonlocality in three-photon Greenberger–Horne–Zeilinger entanglement. Published in: Nature	Applications of quantum communication protocols in real world scenarios toward space. Published in: e & i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik	Experimental quantum teleportation of arbitrary quantum states. Published in: Applied Physics B
Independent Photons and Entanglement. A Short Overview. Published in: International Journal of Theoretical Physics	Der Einsatz verschränkter Photonen für die Quantenkryptographie. Published in: e & i Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik	Local deterministic description of Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen experiments. Published in: Foundations of Physics
Twisted photons: new quantum perspectives in high dimensions. Published in: Light: Science & Applications	Complementarity and Information in “Delayed-choice for Entanglement Swapping”. Published in: Foundations of Physics	Dynamic concepts in neutron polarization. Published in: Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter
Quantum technology: from research to application. Published in: Applied Physics B	Quantum information processing and communication. Published in: The European Physical Journal D	On the Aharonov-Bohm effect. Published in: Lettere al Nuovo Cimento (1971-1985)
Attacks on quantum key distribution protocols that employ non-ITS authentication. Published in: Quantum Information Processing	Decoherence in a Talbot–Lau interferometer: the influence of molecular scattering. Published in: Applied Physics B	Interference phenomena and spin rotation of neutrons by magnetic materials. Published in: Il Nuovo Cimento B (1971-1996)
Introduction to the Proceedings of “Horizons of Quantum Physics” 2012. Published in: Foundations of Physics	Adiabatic following in standing-wave diffraction of atoms. Published in: Applied Physics B	General formulation of spin rotations in neutron interferometry. Published in: Zeitschrift für Physik B Condensed Matter
Implementation and characterization of active feed-forward for deterministic linear optics quantum computing. Published in: Applied Physics B

Book chapters

The Essence of Entanglement. In: Quantum Arrangements	Measurement observation. In: Beyond Art: A Third Culture	Quantum Communication with Photons. In: Optics in Our Time
Recent advances in teleportation of entanglement and in fullerene interference. In: Coherence and Quantum Optics VIII	A Foundational Principle for Quantum Mechanics. In: Philosophers Look at Quantum Mechanics	Information and Fundamental Elements of the Structure of Quantum Theory. In: Time, Quantum and Information
Coherence and Decoherence Experiments with Fullerenes. In: Decoherence, Entanglement and Information Protection in Complex Quantum Systems	Quantum Logics Based on Four-Photon Entanglement. In: Decoherence, Entanglement and Information Protection in Complex Quantum Systems	Organic Molecules and Decoherence Experiments in a Molecule Interferometer. In: Multiscale Methods in Quantum Mechanics

Multi-Photon Entanglement and Quantum Non-Locality. In: Quantum [Un]speakables	Quantum Physics as a Science of Information. In: Quo Vadis Quantum Mechanics?	Bell’s Theorem, Information and Quantum Physics. In: Quantum [Un]speakables
Interferometry with Macromolecules: Quantum Paradigms Tested in the Mesoscopic World. In: Quantum [Un]speakables	Quantum Complementarity and Information Invariance. In: Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics	Quantum Correlations beyond Bell’s Inequalities. In: Advances in Quantum Phenomena
New Dimensions for Entangled Photons: The Role of Information. In: Quantum [Un]Speakables II	Observation of Three-Particle Entanglement. In: Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics	Matter Wave Diffraction at Standing Light Waves. In: Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics
Quantum Communication. In: Quantum Information	Interferometry with very Cold Neutrons. In: Waves and Particles in Light and Matter	Quantum Optics with Mirrors. In: Quantum Optics VI
Quantum Dense Coding and Quantum Teleportation. In: The Physics of Quantum Information	Experimental Quantum Teleportation of Qubits and Entanglement Swapping. In: Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics	Quantum Networks and Multi-Particle Entanglement. In: The Physics of Quantum Information
Bell’s Theorem without Inequalities and Beyond. In: Quantum Measurements in Optics	Die Natur ist noch viel verrückter. In: GeistesBlitze	Introduction to Two-Particle Interferometry. In: Sixty-Two Years of Uncertainty
Towards Coherent Matter Wave Optics with Macromolecules. In: Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics	Interaction-Free Measurement of a Quantum Object: On the Breeding of “Schrödinger Cats”. In: Coherence and Quantum Optics VII	Going Beyond Bell’s Theorem. In: Bell’s Theorem, Quantum Theory and Conceptions of the Universe
Observation of the Nondispersivity of Scalar Aharonov-Bohm Phase Shifts by Neutron Interferometry. In: Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics	Entangled States of Orbital Angular Momentum of Photons. In: Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physics	Generalized Aharonov-Bohm Experiments with Neutrons. In: Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Theory
An Interferometer for Atoms with Standing Light Waves. In: Coherence and Quantum Optics VII	A Bell Experiment under Strict Einstein Locality Conditions. In: Epistemological and Experimental Perspectives on Quantum Physic	Neutron phase-echo concept and a proposal for a dynamical neutron polarisation method. In: Neutron Spin Echo
Extensions of Bell Theorem: Experiment Involving Independent Sources in “Event-Ready” Configuration. In: Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physic	Path Information in Quantum Interferometry. In: Coherence and Quantum Optics VII	Perfect crystal neutron optics. In: Imaging Processes and Coherence in Physics

Publications by John F. Clauser

Articles

New theoretical and experimental results in fresnel optics with applications to matter-wave and X-ray interferometry. Published in: Applied Physics B

Book chapters

Bell’s Theorem, Bell Inequalities, and the “Probability Normalization Loophole”. In: Quantum [Un]Speakables	Results of Atom Interferometry Experiments with Potassium. In: Fundamental Problems in Quantum Physics	Early History of Bell’s Theorem. In: Quantum [Un]speakables
Laboratory-Space and Configuration-Space Formulations of Quantum Mechanics, Versus Bell–Clauser–Horne–Shimony Local Realism, Versus Born’s Ambiguity. In: Quantum Arrangements

Nobel Prize in Physics 2022

Publications by Alain Aspect

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Publications by Anton Zeilinger

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Publications by John F. Clauser

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