Steven Girvin
Steve Girvin | |
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| Born | April 5, 1950 Austin, Texas, U.S. |
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| Known for | Fractional quantum Hall effect Circuit QED Superconducting quantum computing |
| Awards | George E. Pake Prize (2026) Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (2007) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Condensed matter theory Quantum computing Quantum information |
| Institutions | Yale University Indiana University Bloomington National Bureau of Standards |
| Thesis | Topics in condensed matter physics: the role of exchange in the lithium k edge and the fluorescence spectrum of heavily doped cadmium sulphide (1977) |
| Doctoral advisor | John J. Hopfield |
| Other academic advisors | G. D. Mahan |
| Doctoral students | Aditi Mitra |
Steven Mark Girvin (born April 5, 1950) is an American physicist who is Sterling Professor of Physics and Professor of Applied Physics at Yale University. He is noted for his theoretical work on quantum many body systems such as the fractional quantum Hall effect, and as co-developer of circuit quantum electrodynamics (circuit QED), the application of the ideas of quantum optics to superconducting microwave circuits. Circuit QED is now the leading architecture for construction of quantum computers based on superconducting qubits.