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2022 Jacob Rabinow Applied Research Award

Dietrich Leibfried, Andrew Wilson and Daniel Slichter Rabinow award

AWARD CITATION

Drs. Leibfried, Slichter, and Wilson are honored for their dedicated, long-term leadership in quantum information processing through their research contributions to the field of trapped-ion quantum computing and their direct support of the industrial development of trapped-ion quantum processors. The team’s foundational work and their support of industry will enable future innovation in quantum computing based on trapped ions, potentially offering dramatic advantages over classical computers for applications critical to economic and national security. 

GROUP AWARD

Dietrich Leibfried

Physicist
Laboratory Programs, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Time and Frequency Division

Daniel Slichter

Physicist
Laboratory Programs, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Time and Frequency Division

Andrew Wilson

Chief, Quantum Physics Division
Laboratory Programs, Physical Measurement Laboratory, Quantum Physics Division