David Jeffery Wineland is an American physicist at the Physical Measurement Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology. His most notable contributions include the laser cooling of trapped ions and the use of ions for quantum computing operations. He received the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics jointly with Serge Haroche for ground breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems.
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