James Bergquist

James C. Bergquist in 2008

James Charles Bergquist (* 1947 in Cheyenne , Wyoming ) is an American physicist .

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Bergquist received his bachelor's degree from the University of Notre Dame in 1970 and his Ph.D. at the University of Colorado . He later went to NIST in Boulder .

Bergquist's main research areas are laser cooling and spectroscopy . In 2000 he and other colleagues at NIST demonstrated the first optical clock based on a single mercury atom cooled down by a laser. Berquist is considered one of the leading experts in the field of laser physics. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and a member of the National Academy of Sciences .

Awards

1985 Department of Commerce Gold medal (together with JJ Bollinger, WM Itano and DJ Wineland)
2001 EU Condon award (NIST)
2001 Department of Commerce Gold medal (together with ST Cundiff, SA Diddams, J. Hall, L. Hollberg, CW Oates and J. Ye)
2002 William F. Meggers Award
2006 II Rabi Award (IEEE)
2007 Herbert P. Broida Award
2008 Arthur L. Schawlow Prize for Laser Physics
2009 Samuel Wesley Stratton Award

literature

Leo Hollberg [and a.]: Optical Frequency Standards and Measurements. (PDF; 216 kB) In: IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics. Volume 37, No. 12, December 2001, pp. 1502–1513 (with short biography)

Web links

NIST Physicist James Bergquist Elected to National Academy of Sciences

Individual evidence

^ Prize Recipient James Bergquist. Retrieved October 4, 2012 .
↑ Twenty-Two NIST Boulder Employees Receive Awards. Retrieved October 4, 2012 .

personal data
SURNAME	Bergquist, James
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Bergquist, James Charles (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	American physicist
DATE OF BIRTH	1947
PLACE OF BIRTH	Cheyenne , Wyoming

[1] Prize Recipient James Bergquist. Retrieved October 4, 2012 .

[2] Twenty-Two NIST Boulder Employees Receive Awards. Retrieved October 4, 2012 .