Keywords: John L. Hall, 2005 Nobel Prize (5881387813).jpg On Oct 4 2005 John L Jan Hall of the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST and the University of Colorado at Boulder and Theodor W Hänsch of the Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics Garching and Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich Germany were named winners of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics sharing the honor with Roy J Glauber of Harvard University Hall 71 is a scientist emeritus in the NIST Quantum Physics Division and a fellow of JILA a joint research institution of NIST and the University of Colorado in Boulder Colo He was one of the founding fellows of JILA created in 1962 as the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics and he significantly contributed to the development of the laser first demonstrated in 1961 from a laboratory curiosity to one of the fundamental tools of modern science and a ubiquitous component of modern communications systems © 2005 Geoffrey Wheeler This image may be used for any NIST purpose Correct photo credit must be provided Other organizations may use this image without charge for editorial articles that mention NIST in accompanying text or a caption Correct photo credit must be provided Stock art use requires permission and may require payment to the photographer To receive a high resolution version send an email with the image AV number 05PHY018 and title to inquiries nist gov Disclaimer Any mention of commercial products within NIST web pages is for information only; it does not imply recommendation or endorsement by NIST Use of NIST Information These World Wide Web pages are provided as a public service by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST With the exception of material marked as copyrighted information presented on these pages is considered public information and may be distributed or copied Use of appropriate byline/photo/image credits is requested https //www flickr com/photos/usnistgov/5881387813/ John L Hall 2005 Nobel Prize 2011-06-28 11 35 https //www flickr com/people/63059536 N06 National Institute of Standards and Technology PD-USGov National Institute of Standards and Technology https //flickr com/photos/63059536 N06/5881387813 2016-09-07 02 52 44 United States Government Work Uncategorized 2016 November 7 |