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| Research Award Winner 2009 |
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Professor Blatt and Professor Cirac are being honored for their revolutionary experimental and theoretical work in the field of quantum information and for the concepts and ideas that they developed in quantum optics. With this work, they have taken a leading role in quantum information science, one of the most active research fields today.
Rainer Blatt and J. Ignacio Cirac are pioneers in the field of quantum information science. Both scientists have not only laid the foundation for future quantum technology, but have also actively worked in this direction.
 | | Professor Blatt and his group were among the first to conduct experiment for quantum information processing with ion traps—ideas initiated from I. Cirac and
P. Zoller. The outstanding results transformed Innsbruck, Austria, to one of the global centers for quantum information processing. |
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 | | Prof. Cirac contributed groundbreaking theories, including how quantum information science can be used in quantum optical systems. His excellent work paved the way for the development of quantum information research. |
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