Quantum tunnelling research earns 3 physicists Nobel Prize in Physics

John Clarke, Michel H Devoret and John M Martinis have been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for pioneering research on quantum tunnelling, a once-theoretical concept that is now transforming digital technology and paving the way for quantum computing.

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Clarke, 83, conducted his work at the University of California, Berkeley; Martinis at the University of California, Santa Barbara; and Devoret at Yale University and UC Santa Barbara. Their discoveries from the 1980s, the Nobel committee said, continue to shape “the next generation of quantum technology, including quantum cryptography, quantum computers, and quantum sensors.”

“It is wonderful to be able to celebrate the way that century-old quantum mechanics continually offers new surprises,’ said Olle Eriksson, Chair of the Nobel Committee for Physics.