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Michel Devoret is a French physicist born in Paris in 1953. He holds citizenship in France and speaks French. Devoret was educated at Télécom Paris and the University of Paris-Sud. His professional career has included positions at Yale University, the University of Paris-Sud, the University of California, Berkeley, and the Collège de France.
His research focuses on physics, superconductivity, condensed matter physics, and quantum mechanics. Devoret has received several honors, including the Prix Ampère, the Fritz London Award, the Comstock Prize in Physics, and the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and the National Academy of Sciences.
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Key facts
- Born
- Michel Henri Devoret , ( 1953-03-05 ) 5 March 1953 (age 73) , Paris , France
- Education
- Télécom Paris ( Dipl.Ing. ), University of Orsay ( DEA , PhD )
- Known for
- Transmon , Fluxonium , Quantum limited amplification
- Awards
- Ampère Prize (1991) , John Bell Prize (2013), Fritz London Memorial Prize (2014) , Micius Quantum Prize (2021), Comstock Prize in Physics (2024), Nobel Prize in Physics (2025)
- Fields
- Condensed matter physics , Quantum information , Quantum measurements
- Institutions
- Collège de France , Yale University , University of California, Santa Barbara
- Thesis
- Mise en évidence d'un ordre orientationnel de type vitreux dans l'hydrogène et le deutérium solides (1982)
- Doctoral advisor
- Neil S. Sullivan
- Doctoral students
- Vincent Bouchiat
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Nobel Prize
- The Nobel Prize in Physics2025
“for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit”
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- human
- Given name
- Michel
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Paris
- Occupation
- physicist
- Educated at
- University of Paris-Sud
- Languages spoken
- French
- Image
- Michel Devoret (54987873184).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1953-03-05
- member of
- French Academy of Sciences
- Academia.edu profile URL
- independent.academia.edu/MichelDevoret
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- birth name
- Michel Henri Devoret
- name in native language
- Michel Devoret
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- Michel Devoret
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Encyclopedic overview
Michel Henri Devoret ( French pronunciation: [miʃɛl dəvɔʁɛ]; born 5 March 1953) is a French-American physicist. He is Professor of Physics at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and Professor Emeritus of Applied Physics at Yale University. He serves as the Chief Scientist for Quantum Hardware at Google Quantum AI. He is known for the development of various superconducting quantum computing architectures, including the quantronium, the transmon, and the fluxonium.
He shared the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics with John Clarke and John M. Martinis for their joint work on macroscopic quantum phenomena in superconducting circuits.
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