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Wolfgang
Ketterle
By: Stephen Mason & Layne
Garcia
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1. He graduated and got
a diploma from Technical
University of Munich and
Ph.D. in physics from the
University of Munich. 2. His observation of
Bose-Einstein condensation
in a gas in 1995 and the
first realization of an atom
laser in 1997 were recognized with the Nobel
Prize in Physics in 2001.
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3. He leads a research group exploring the properties of ultracold
gases.
4. He made an observation of Bose-Einstein condensation
(BEC) in an atomic gas.
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5.He had the first realization of an atom
laser.
6.6. He developed important tools to manipulate and study
Bose-Einstein condensates.
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7. He made several
seminal studies of the
properties of Bose-Einstein condensates.8. He developed an
optical trap to confine
condensates and transport them over large distances.
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9. He made the first
measurement of the
speed of sound.10. Wolfgang Ketterle
is a fellow of the American Physical Society.