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John L. Hall

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John L. Hall

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Also known as John Lewis Hall, John Hall

American physicist (born 1934)

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John L. Hall is an American physicist and university teacher who was born in Denver on August 21, 1934. He received his education at the University of Glasgow and Carnegie Mellon University. Hall has worked at the National Institute of Standards and Technology and the University of Colorado Boulder, where he is based in Boulder. His field of work is physics, and he has authored works including "Laser frequency stabilization, standards, measurement, and applications."

Hall is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Physical Society. He has received the Nobel Prize in Physics, the Max Born Award, the Frederic Ives Medal, and the Charles Hard Townes Award. One of his doctoral students is Jun Ye. He speaks English and has the nickname Jan.

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Person · Open Library

Works
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  • Laser frequency stabilization, standards, measurement, and applications
  • Country tales for city boys
  • Tables of squares

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

  1. Generalized Gradient Approximation Made Simple

    · 1996 · cited 204,531x

  2. Highly accurate protein structure prediction with AlphaFold

    · 2021 · cited 43,586x

  3. Gene Ontology: tool for the unification of biology

    · 2000 · cited 36,896x

  4. Matplotlib: A 2D Graphics Environment

    · 2007 · cited 35,562x

  5. The MOS 36-ltem Short-Form Health Survey (SF-36)

    · 1992 · cited 29,125x

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2005

    “for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique”

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Official website

Hall, John L | CU Experts | CU Boulder

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Encyclopedic overview

John Lewis "Jan" Hall (born August 21, 1934) is an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics. He shared the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics with Theodor W. Hänsch and Roy Glauber for his work in precision spectroscopy.

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