Steven Chu was awarded Nobel Prize 1997 in Physics "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light."
Nationality USA
Institution Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Award 1997
Discipline Physics
Co-recipients Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, William Phillips
MotivationAwarded with Nobel Prize 1997 in Physics "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light."
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