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Serge Haroche

1944 - Today

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Serge Haroche (born 11 September 1944) is a French physicist who was awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize for Physics jointly with David J. Wineland for "ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems", a study of the particle of light, the photon. This and his other works developed laser spectroscopy. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Serge Haroche has received more than 305,970 page views. His biography is available in 64 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 58 in 2019). Serge Haroche is the 233rd most popular physicist (up from 252nd in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Morocco (up from 15th in 2019) and the most popular Moroccan Physicist.

Serge Haroche is most famous for his work in quantum physics. He has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics, which he shared with David J. Wineland, for his work in the field of quantum electrodynamics.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Serge Haroche ranks 233 out of 851. Before him are Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Theodor W. Hänsch, Edme Mariotte, Makoto Kobayashi, Burton Richter, and Joseph Plateau. After him are Horst Ludwig Störmer, William Shockley, Rolf Maximilian Sievert, Leon M. Lederman, Henry Way Kendall, and John Kendrew.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Serge Haroche ranks 67. Before him are John Holmes, Askar Akayev, Bora Milutinović, Leila Khaled, Makoto Kobayashi, and Udo Kier. After him are Abdul Hamid, Klaus Nomi, Claudia Mori, Bernhard Schlink, Jonathan Demme, and Gérard Mourou.

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In Morocco

Among people born in Morocco, Serge Haroche ranks 12 out of 264. Before him are Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1937), Mohammed V of Morocco (1909), Mohammed VI of Morocco (1963), Ismail Ibn Sharif (1646), Nathalie Delon (1941), and Alain Badiou (1937). After him are Michel Galabru (1922), Ibn Tumart (1097), Fatema Mernissi (1940), Abu Yusuf Yaqub al-Mansur (1160), Yusef of Morocco (1882), and Ahmad al-Mansur (1549).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Morocco

Among physicists born in Morocco, Serge Haroche ranks 1. 

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