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Carlton Caves

Carlton Caves Receives the Prestigious Micius Quantum Prize

Department of Physics and Astronomy research professor one of three recognized internationally

Distinguished Professor Emeritus Carlton Caves, and founding Director of CQuIC, is a recipient of the prestigious Micius Quantum Prize 2020 for his groundbreaking foundational work on quantum metrology and quantum information theory, especially for elucidating the fundamental noise in interferometers and its suppression with the use of squeezed states.  As a recipient he will receive a gold medal in honor of the recognition as well as a cash award.

See the UNM Newsroom article

See the announcement on the Center for Quantum Information and Control website

Read Professor Caves' remarks