JILA Fellow Dana Anderson Wins Willis E. Lamb Award
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Congratulations to JILA FellowÌýDana AndersonÌýfor winning the 2021 Willis E Lamb award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics.
The award recognizes Dana's,Ìý"excellentÌýcontributionsÌýto quantum opticsÌýand electronics". The AndersonÌýGroupÌýis currently involved in state of the art ultracold atom research with applications in atomtronics, atom interferometry and neutral atom quantum computing.
The Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics is presented annually for outstanding contributions to the field. The award honors Willis E. Lamb, Jr., famous laser scientist and 1955 winner of the Nobel Prize in physics, who gave us many seminal insights and served as our guide in so many areas of physics and technology.