Carlton M. Caves
Carlton Morris Caves (born October 24, 1950 in Muskogee , Oklahoma ) is an American physicist .
Caves studied physics and mathematics at Rice University with a bachelor's degree in 1972 and received his doctorate in 1979 under Kip Thorne at Caltech (where he was a Feynman Fellow in 1976/77 ) ( Theoretical Investigations in Experimental Gravitation ). He then continued his research at Caltech, from 1982 as a Senior Research Fellow . In 1988 he became an Associate Professor at the University of Southern California and in 1992 Professor of Physics and Astronomy at the University of New Mexico . There he is Distinguished Professor and Director of the Center for Quantum Information and Control .
He deals with theoretical quantum optics , quantum information theory , quantum computers, theory of (laser) experiments on gravitation, quantum mechanical limits of high-precision experiments, quantum noise, theory of open quantum systems and decoherence , nonlinear dynamics and quantum chaos .
In 1981 he introduced the concept squeezed light ( squeezed light one) to the sensitivity of laser interferometers for gravitational wave experiments to increase.
In 2002 he and colleagues developed an interpretation of quantum mechanics based on the Bayesian probability concept (see Interpretations of quantum mechanics ).
In 2011, Caves received the Max Born Award . He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society , the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Optical Society of America, and in 1990 received the Einstein Prize for Laser Science from the Society for Optical and Quantum Electronics. For 2018 he was awarded the International Quantum Communication Award . In 2020, Caves was elected to the National Academy of Sciences .
He has been married since 1984 and has two children.
Web links
- Homepage at University of New Mexico
Individual evidence
- ↑ Life data according to American Men and Women of Science , Thomson Gale 2004
- ^ Carlton M. Caves: Quantum-mechanical noise in an interferometer . In: Physical Review D . tape 23 , no. 8 , April 15, 1981, pp. 1693-1708 , doi : 10.1103 / PhysRevD.23.1693 .
- ↑ Caves, Christopher Fuchs, Rüdiger Schack Quantum probabilities as Bayesian probabilities , Phys. Rev. A 65, 022305 (2002)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Caves, Carlton M. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Caves, Carlton Morris (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 24, 1950 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Muskogee , Oklahoma |