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Daniel Loss

born 1958

About this person

Wikipedia Summary

Daniel Loss is a Swiss theoretical physicist. He is best known for proposing, with David DiVincenzo at IBM Research, the Loss–DiVincenzo quantum computer in 1997, which would use electron spins in quantum dots as qubits.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
February 25, 1958
Winterthur
Citizenship

Switzerland

Occupations & fields
physicistuniversity teacher
Awards & honours
King Faisal Prize in ScienceMarcel Benoist PrizeFellow of the American Physical SocietyFellow of the Institute of Physics
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