Lene V. Hau 光学物理学家

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Lene V. Hau
Optical Physicist | Class of 2001
Portrait of Lene V. Hau
Title
Optical Physicist
Location
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Age
41 at time of award
Area of Focus
Physics
Published October 1, 2001
ABOUT LENE'S WORK
Lene Hau is an optical physicist whose research expands our capacity to control light. Hau has shown how it is possible, under precise experimental control, to extend the time it takes for photons to pass through certain materials. She stimulates small clouds of ultracold gas (Bose-Einstein condensates) with finely tuned lasers, so that light passing through them perpendicular to the laser beam, slows to a crawl. Using a technique she codeveloped (electromagnetically-induced transparency), Hau has been able to stop light completely and then release it under experimental control. Her experiments provide a proof-of-concept for the development of optical switches that preserve the quantum state of photons passing through them. Such switches may become an invaluable component of future computers that use quantum physics to perform calculations.

BIOGRAPHY
Lene Hau received a B.S. (1984) and an M.S. (1986) and a Ph.D. (1991) from the University of Aarhus, Denmark. She has trained at CERN (Geneva), the Department of Physics at Harvard University, and the Rowland Institute for Science. Hau is the Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and a professor of physics at Harvard University. She was previously on the scientific staff of the Rowland Institute. She has published numerous articles in such journals as Nature and Science.

Last updated January 1, 2005.



Lene V. Hau
光学物理学家 | 2001级
Lene V. Hau的画像
职称
光学物理学家
工作地点
马萨诸塞州剑桥市
年龄
获奖时为41岁
重点领域
物理学
发表于2001年10月1日
关于Lene的工作
Lene Hau是一位光学物理学家，他的研究拓展了我们控制光的能力。豪已经证明，在精确的实验控制下，延长光子通过某些材料的时间是可能的。她用精细调谐的激光器刺激小型超冷气体云（玻色-爱因斯坦凝结体），这样，垂直于激光束通过它们的光线就会慢下来。使用她开发的一项技术（电磁诱导透明），Hau已经能够完全阻止光线，然后在实验控制下释放它。她的实验为开发能够保存通过它们的光子的量子状态的光学开关提供了一个概念证明。这种开关可能成为未来使用量子物理学进行计算的计算机的一个宝贵组成部分。

个人简历
Lene Hau在丹麦奥胡斯大学获得学士学位（1984年）、硕士学位（1986年）和博士学位（1991年）。她曾在欧洲核子研究中心（日内瓦）、哈佛大学物理系和罗兰德科学研究所接受培训。豪是哈佛大学应用物理学的戈登-麦凯教授和物理学教授。她曾是罗兰德研究所的科学工作人员。她在《自然》和《科学》等杂志上发表过许多文章。

最后更新于2005年1月1日。