Carlton M. Caves
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Carlton Morris Caves is an American theoretical physicist. He is currently professor emeritus and research professor of physics and astronomy at the University of New Mexico.[1] Caves works in the areas of physics of information; information,[2] entropy, and complexity; quantum information theory; quantum chaos, quantum optics; the theory of non-classical light; the theory of quantum noise; and the quantum theory of measurement. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society[3] and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science[4] and is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.[5]
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Carlton (Carl) Caves | |
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Born | 24 October 1950 (1950-10-24) (age 73) |
Citizenship | United States |
Alma mater | Rice University Caltech |
Known for | Quantum information, quantum metrology |
Awards | Einstein Prize (1990) Max Born Award (2011) Micius Quantum Prize (2020) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Institutions | University of New Mexico Caltech University of Southern California |
Doctoral advisor | Kip Thorne |
Doctoral students | Sergio Boixo Samuel L. Braunstein Michael Nielsen |
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