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Also known as M. H. Devoret

französischer Physiker

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Michel Devoret is a French physicist born in Paris in 1953. He holds citizenship in France and speaks French. His birth name is Michel Henri Devoret. He was educated at Télécom Paris and the University of Paris-Sud.

Devoret has worked at Yale University, the University of Paris-Sud, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Collège de France. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences.

He received the Prix Ampère, the Fritz London Award, the Comstock Prize in Physics, and the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is recognized in the Nobel Laureates collection, the Nobel Physics collection, and the American Academy Arts Sciences collection.

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Born
Michel Henri Devoret , ( 1953-03-05 ) 5 March 1953 (age 73) , Paris , France
Education
Télécom Paris ( Dipl.Ing. ), University of Orsay ( DEA , PhD )
Known for
Transmon , Fluxonium , Quantum limited amplification
Awards
Ampère Prize (1991) , John Bell Prize (2013), Fritz London Memorial Prize (2014) , Micius Quantum Prize (2021), Comstock Prize in Physics (2024), Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
Fields
Condensed matter physics , Quantum information , Quantum measurements
Institutions
Collège de France , Yale University , University of California, Santa Barbara
Thesis
Mise en évidence d'un ordre orientationnel de type vitreux dans l'hydrogène et le deutérium solides (1982)
Doctoral advisor
Neil S. Sullivan
Doctoral students
Vincent Bouchiat

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2025

    “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit”

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Gender
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Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Paris
Occupation
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Languages spoken
French
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Michel Devoret (54987873184).jpg
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1953-03-05
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Michel Devoret
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Michel Henri Devoret (* 1953) ist ein französischer experimenteller Festkörperphysiker, der Nanogeräte für die Quanteninformationstheorie (Quantencomputer) entwickelt.

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