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The Nobel Prize in Physics 2005

"for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence"
"for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique"
Roy J. Glauber John L. Hall Theodor W. Hänsch
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Roy J. Glauber John L. Hall Theodor W. Hänsch
half 1/2 of the prize quarter 1/4 of the prize quarter 1/4 of the prize
USA USA Germany
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA, USA		 University of Colorado, JILA; National Institute of Standards and Technology
Boulder, CO, USA		 Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
Garching, Germany; Ludwig-Maximilians- Universität
Munich, Germany
b. 1925 b. 1934 b. 1941

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