Anton Zeilinger
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Anton Zeilinger (born on 20 May 1945 in Ried im Innkreis, Austria) is a professor of physics at the University of Vienna, previously University of Innsbruck. He also is the director of the Vienna branch of the Institute of Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI).
Zeilinger is known for multiple experiments in the realm of quantum interferometry, which include the first demonstration of quantum teleportation between two separately emitted photons (Innsbruck, 1997). His work influenced the experimental progress in a new sub-field of physics - quantum information theory. With Daniel Greenberger and Michael Horne he has showed an amplification of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox, where one considers three, not just two entangled particles (see Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger state). Later on (1999) his Innsbruck group demonstrated experimentally that one can indeed observe three particle Greenberger-Horne-Zeilinger correlations. In Vienna his molecular interferomentry team co-led by Markus Arndt discovered the possibility of observing quantum interefrence of heavy chemical molecules (1999), first for the C60 molecules (fullerene). Zeilinger received many awards for his scientific work, one of the latest is the King Faisal Prize (2005). In 2006 he was elected as a member of Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts.
[edit] External links
- Zeilinger's homepage
- Es stellt sich letztlich heraus, dass Information ein wesentlicher Grundbaustein der Welt ist, a German-language interview with Zeilinger by Andrea Naica-Loebell
- Spooky action and beyond an interview with Anton Zeilinger at signandsight.com
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