WOLFGANG KETTERLE

2001 Nobel Laureate in Physics

for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates.

• Born: October 21, 1957
• Place of birth: Heidelberg, Germany
• Residence: U.S.A.
• Affiliation: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA, USA
  • Address:
    Massachusetts Institute of Technology
    Room 26-243
    77 Massachusetts Avenue
    Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
    USA
  • Telephone: (617) 253-6815
  • E-mail: ketterle@mit.edu
• Education:
  • Technische Universität München, M.Sc. 1982
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München and Max-Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Ph. D. 1986

• Bose-Einstein Condensation by A. Griffin (Editor), D. W. Snoke (Editor), S. Stringari (Editor) (1996)
• Bose-Einstein Condensates and Atom Lasers by S. Martellucci (Editor), A. N. Chester (Editor), A. Aspect (Editor) (2000)
• Books on Bose-Einstein Condensation
• Books on Atom Lasers

• Prize co-recipient: Eric A. Cornell
• Prize co-recipient: Carl E. Wieman
• Ketterle's webpage at MIT
• Official award announcement and background
• Information on research from the Nobel Foundation
• Advanced Information on research from the Nobel Foundation

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• Description of the Atom Laser by Ketterle
• The Department of Electronics Engineering ...Hijjawi Faculty for engineering technology ...Yarmouk University . (submitted by Ali Darwish)
• Wolfgang Ketterle – Autobiography (submitted by Chinnappan Baskar)
• Wolfgang Ketterle - Other Resources (submitted by Davis)
• Profile of Wolfgang Ketterle (submitted by Jackson)
• Professor Wolfgang Ketterle (submitted by James)
• Wolfgang Ketterle - Autobiography in English (submitted by roman)
• Wolfgang Ketterle Biography from Encyclopedia Britannica (submitted by www.britannica.com)

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