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Roy J. Glauber

1925 - 2018

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Roy Jay Glauber (September 1, 1925 – December 26, 2018) was an American theoretical physicist. He was the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics at Harvard University and Adjunct Professor of Optical Sciences at the University of Arizona. Born in New York City, he was awarded one half of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics "for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence", with the other half shared by John L. Hall and Theodor W. Hänsch. In this work, published in 1963, he created a model for photodetection and explained the fundamental characteristics of different types of light, such as laser light (see coherent state) and light from light bulbs (see blackbody). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Roy J. Glauber is the 220th most popular physicist (up from 226th in 2019), the 835th most popular biography from United States (up from 907th in 2019) and the 45th most popular American Physicist.

Roy J. Glauber is most famous for his work in quantum optics, where he developed the theory of quantum noise and coherence.

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Among physicists, Roy J. Glauber ranks 220 out of 851Before him are Yoichiro Nambu, Joseph Rotblat, Steven Weinberg, Wolfgang Paul, Robert H. Goddard, and Melvin Schwartz. After him are Ralph Asher Alpher, Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, Michio Kaku, Andrew Huxley, Makoto Kobayashi, and Ettore Majorana.

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Among people born in 1925, Roy J. Glauber ranks 46Before him are Peter Brook, Bert Hellinger, Ernst Happel, Rod Steiger, Jacques Delors, and Gabriele Amorth. After him are Luciano Berio, Dick Van Dyke, Anastasio Somoza Debayle, William F. Buckley Jr., George Kennedy, and Robert Altman. Among people deceased in 2018, Roy J. Glauber ranks 36Before him are Günter Blobel, Avicii, Paul Bocuse, Billy Graham, Paul D. Boyer, and Peter Carington, 6th Baron Carrington. After him are Hubert de Givenchy, Arvid Carlsson, Atal Bihari Vajpayee, Thomas A. Steitz, John Gavin, and Aaron Klug.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Roy J. Glauber ranks 835 out of 20,380Before him are Ruth Benedict (1887), Joan Crawford (1904), G. W. Bailey (1944), Ray Liotta (1954), John Carpenter (1948), and Krist Novoselic (1965). After him are Merrick Garland (1952), Allen Ginsberg (1926), King Oliver (1881), John Dillinger (1903), Steve Perry (1949), and Jason Robards (1922).

Among PHYSICISTS In United States

Among physicists born in United States, Roy J. Glauber ranks 45Before him are Edward Mills Purcell (1912), James Cronin (1931), David Lee (1931), Steven Weinberg (1933), Robert H. Goddard (1882), and Melvin Schwartz (1932). After him are Ralph Asher Alpher (1921), Michio Kaku (1947), Frederick Reines (1918), Robert Hofstadter (1915), Arthur Ashkin (1922), and David Bohm (1992).