Anton Zeilinger
The Essence of Quantum Physics

Personal Data:
Born on May 20, 1945 in Ried/Innkreis, Austria
Since May 27, 1972 married to Mag. pharm. Elisabeth Z. (née Benka),
3 children: Anna (1974), Anton (1977), Matthias (1981)
Austrian Citizen

Professional Career:
1971 Ph.D., Universität Wien, thesis on "Neutron Depolarization in Dysprosium Single Crystals" under Prof. H. Rauch

1972-1981 'Universitätsassistent', Atominstitut Wien, under Prof. H. Rauch

1974-now Guest Researcher (part-time), Institut Laue-Langevin in Grenoble, France

1977-1978 Fulbright Fellow in the U.S.A., Research Associate at M.I.T. in the Neutron Diffraction Laboratory under Prof. C.G. Shull (Nobel Laureate 1994)

1979 Habilitation in Neutron and Solid State Physics, Techn. Univ. Wien

1981-1983 Associate Professor of Physics, M.I.T.

1983-1990 'Außerordentlicher Universitätsprofessor', Technische Universität Wien

1984 Visiting Professor, University of Melbourne, Australia

1986-1989 Adjunct Full Professor, part-time, Hampshire College, Amherst, U.S.A.

1988-1989 'Universitätsprofessor' (C4, sabbatical), Techn. Univ. München

1990-1999 'Ordentlicher Universitätsprofessor' (Full Professor) of Experimental Physics, Universität Innsbruck

1995 Visiting Professor, Collège de France, Paris

1998 Visiting Research Fellow, Merton College, Oxford University

1998 Full Member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences

1999 "Ordentlicher Universitätsprofessor" of Experimental Physics, University of Vienna

Present Fields of Physics Research:
Foundations of Physics

Quantum Optics of Entangled Photons

Atom Optics and Atom Interferometry

Neutron Optics and Neutron Interferometry

Tests of Quantum Mechanics (Linearity, Unitarity)

Quantum Communication, Quantum Cryptography

Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Paradox, Bell's Inequality

GHZ Correlations, Quantum Computation

Quantum Teleportation

Research Grants:
Forschungsschwerpunkt (Major Research Focus) "Quantenoptik" of the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF)

Individual Grants in Quantum Interferometry, Neutron Optics and Atom Optics

Senior Investigator of the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF)

Participation in the European HCM networks Atom Optics and Nonclassical Light

Coordinator TMR network "The Physics of Quantum Information", European Commission

Participation in two other TMR networks: "Coherent Matter Wave Interactions" and "Perfect Crystal Neutron Optics", European Commission

Participation in SFB "Control and Measurement of Coherent Quantum Systems", Austrian Science Foundation

Teachning Experience:
Lecture courses in introductory physics (Univ. Innsbruck), specialized courses in diverse fields, since 1986 numerous Seminars for Secondary School Teachers of Physics, various laboratory courses, seminars etc. at the following institutions:

- Technische Universität Wien
- Universität Linz
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- University of Melbourne
- Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Physique de Grenoble
- Technische Universität München
- Universität Innsbruck
- Collège de France
- Universität Wien

Editorship:
Editorial Board, Foundations of Physics - Letters (since 1988)

Editorial Board, Physical Review A (since 1994)

Co-editor of 'Frontiers of Neutron Scattering', North-Holland 1986

Co-editor of 'Matter-Wave Interferometry', North-Holland 1988

Co-editor of 'Quantum Interferometry', World Scientific 1994

Co-editor of 'Fundamental Problems in Quantum Theory', New York Academy of Sciences 1995

Co-editor of 'Experimental and Epistemological Foundations of Quantum Physics', Vienna Circle Yearbook 1999

Scientific Publications:
More than 200 scientific publications
More than 250 invited scientific talks

Prizes and Distinctions:
1975 - Prize of the City of Vienna for the Encouragement of Young Scientists
1979 - Prize for Junior Scientists, Kardinal Innitzer Foundation, Vienna
1980 - Prize of the Theodor Körner Foundation, Vienna
1984 - Sir Thomas Lyle Fellow, University of Melbourne
1994 - Corresponding Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences
1995 - Prix "Vinci d' Excellence", Fondation LVHM, Paris
1996 - Kardinal Innitzer Würdigungspreis, Vienna
1996 - Austrian Scientist of the Year
1996 - European Lecturer, European Physical Society
1997 - Welsh Lecturer, University of Toronto
1997 - European Optics Prize, European Optical Society
1998 - Honorary Professor, University of Science and Technology of China
1998 - Full Member, Austrian Academy of Sciences
1999 - Fellow, American Physical Society

Community Services and Offices Held:
Referee for many international scientific journals and science foundations.
Member, Evaluation Boards of CNRS and Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Member, Board of Quantum Electronics and Optics, European Physical Society, 1994-1996
Chair, Division "Quantenelektronik, Elektrodynamik und Optik", Austrian Phys. Soc., 1996
Chair, ILL Commission, Austrian Academy of Sciences
President, Austrian Physical Society, 1997 - 1998
Advisor, European Commission, on Future Research in Quantum Computation
Member, Commission "Quantum Electronics", International Union of Pure and Applied Physics (IUPAP), 1997-present
Member, Committee on "Precision Measurement and Fundamental Constants", American Physical Society, 1999

Activities Beyond Physics:
1996 - Participation in the exhibitions "Jenseits der Kunst", Neue Galerie Graz, and "a muvészten túl", Ludwig Múzeum Budapest, Kurator: Peter Weibel
1997 - Participation in the Opening Workshop of Collegium Helveticum "Final Theory: Dream or Nightmare", organizers: Yehuda Elkana and Helga Nowotny
1997 - Participation in the "Mind and Life" discussions with the Dalai Lama on "Modern Physics and Cosmology", Dharamsalah, India
1998 - Organization of a Discussion Workshop on "Epistemological Questions in Quantum Physics and Eastern Contemplative Sciences", with the Dalai Lama, Innsbruck
1999 - Participation in the symposium "Die organisierte Kreativität: Kultur-Software-Wachstum", Siemens Forum Vienna, organizer: Franz Morak
1999 - Participation in "Dialogprogramm: Art and Science", organized by Cathrin Pichler, University of Applied Arts, Vienna
2000 - Co-organizer of the symposium "Bildung in Europa" for the Austrian Academy of Sciences

Many articles in the popular science press, magazines and even newspapers including:
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Bild der Wissenschaft
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Spektrum der Wissenschaft
Der Standard
Universum Magazin
Scientific American

Media Citations:
Some papers have already become science citation classics. The paper "Experimental Quantum Teleportation" was among the top 10 most frequently quoted scientific papers in 1998.

Scientific results have been mentioned in nearly all major magazines and newspapers worldwide including:

Die Presse
Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
Washington Post
Der Standard
Neue Zürcher Zeitung
Boston Globe
Kronenzeitung
Berliner Morgenpost
New York Times
Kurier
Der Spiegel
Focus
Le Monde
Economist
Corriere della Sera
The Times

and at least 200 others according to an Internet search in 1998.

Achievements have been presented by many TV and radio stations worldwide including:

ABC
ORF
TV of China
CNN
PRO 7
TV of India
BBC
FOCUS-TV
RAI
REUTERS-TV
BAYERN 3

Major Research Achievments:
For the names of the respective collaborators see the publication list.

General Physics and Theory

• Derivation of General Phase Properties of Beam Splitters from Unitarity
• Generalized Aharonov-Bohm Effects for Time-Dependent Potentials
• Discovery of the Non-Equivalence of Stationary Light Optics and Matter Wave Optics for Entangled States
• Investigation of Matter Wave Optics both in Space and in Time
• First Papers ever published on Quantum Cellular Automata
• Invention of First Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen Experiment Based on an External Variable (Momentum) Instead of an Internal One (e.g. Spin)
• Discovery of Three-Particle Entanglement as an Extreme Demonstration of Quantum Non-Locality (GHZ)
• Discovery of Entanglement Swapping, Entangling Particles without a Common Part
• Identification of Schemes to Produce Multi-Particle Entanglement out of Entangled Pairs
• Discovery of a Highly Efficient Method of Interaction-Free Measurement
• Identification of Entanglement as a Consequence of Quantum Coding
• Proposals for Bell-State and GHZ-State Analyzers

Neutron Interferometry and Neutron Optics

• Demonstration of Spinor Symmetry using a Neutron Interferometer
• Coherent Spin Superposition and Neutron Quantum Eraser
• Development of the MIT Two-Crystal Interferometer
• Measurement of Anomalous Flight Time of Neutrons through Perfect Crystals
• Measurement of the Neutron Effective Mass
• Lowest Experimental Limit of a Magnetic Monopole Charge of a Free Neutron
• Young's Experiment with Neutrons and Neutron Diffraction at Simple Objects (Edge, Wire, Slits)
• Neutron Fizeau Effect, Experiment and Theory
• Tests of the Linearity and the Unitarity of the Schr”dinger Equation
• Development of an Interferometer for Very Cold Neutrons
• Demonstration of the Non-Dispersiveness of the Aharonov-Bohm Phase
• Measurement of the Gravitational Phase Shift with a VCN-Interferometer
• Measurement of Negative Effective Mass in a Gravity Field

Atom and Molecule Optics

• Dynamical Diffraction of Atoms at Thick Light Crystals
• Diffraction of Atoms at a purely Imaginary Potential (On-Resonant Light Field)
• Anomalous Transmission of Atoms through Light Fields
• Coherent Side-Band Modulation of Atomic DeBroglie Waves
• Development of an Atom Interferometer with Gratings of Light
• Development of a Nanometer Mask made of Light for Atoms
• Development of a Moir‚ Accelerometer and Rotation Sensor using Atoms
• Diffraction of Atoms at Complex eiGx and ei?t Potentials
• Observation of a Violation of Friedel's Law with Atoms
• Coherent Diffraction of Atoms at Light Crystals in the Channeling Limit
• Atom Holography
• Quantum Interference of C-60 Molecules

Optics of Single Photons and of Entangled Photons

• Modification of Spontaneous Pair Creation by an External Cavity
• Development of a Novel High-Intensity Source for Polarization-Entangled Photon Pairs
• Observation of a Violation of Bell's Inequality by more than 100 Standard Deviations
• Two-Photon Quantum Eraser Experiments
• Young's Experiment with Photons at Millimeter Size Slits
• Measurement of Pendell”sung for Single Photons and for Entangled Photon Pairs
• Experimental Demonstration of Interaction-Free Measurement
• Entangled Entanglement
• Demonstration of Two-Photon Antibunching at a Beam Splitter
• Verification of Quantum Dense Coding
• A Double-Slit Heisenberg Microscope Experiment with Photon Pairs
• Experimental Quantum Teleportation
• Experimental Entanglement Swapping
• Long-Distance Test of Bell's Inequality using Ultrafast Random Switches
• Realization of Multi-Photon Entanglements (GHZ-states)

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