Nobel Prizes Physics
2000
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Zhores Alferov
"for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
Herbert Kroemer
"for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
Jack Kilby
"for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit"
2001
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Eric Cornell
"for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates"
Wolfgang Ketterle
"for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates"
Carl Wieman
"for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates"
2002
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Raymond Davis Jr.
"for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos"
Masatoshi Koshiba
"for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos"
Riccardo Giacconi
"for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources"
2003
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Alexei Abrikosov
"for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"
Vitaly L. Ginzburg
"for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"
Anthony J. Leggett
"for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids"
2004
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
David J. Gross
"for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction"
H. David Politzer
"for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction"
Frank Wilczek
"for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction"
2005
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Roy J. Glauber
"for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence"
John L. Hall
"for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique"
Theodor W. Hänsch
"for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique"
2006
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
John C. Mather
"for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation"
George F. Smoot
"for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation"
2007
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Albert Fert
"for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance"
Peter Grünberg
"for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance"
2008
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Yoichiro Nambu
"for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics"
Makoto Kobayashi
"for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature"
Toshihide Maskawa
"for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature"
2009
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Charles K. Kao
"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication"
Willard S. Boyle
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor"
George E. Smith
"for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor"
2010
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Andre Geim
"for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"
Konstantin Novoselov
"for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene"
2011
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Saul Perlmutter
"for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"
Brian P. Schmidt
"for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"
Adam G. Riess
"for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae"
2012
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Serge Haroche
"for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"
David J. Wineland
"for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"
2013
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
François Englert
"for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider"
Peter Higgs
"for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider"
2014
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Isamu Akasaki
"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"
Hiroshi Amano
"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"
Shuji Nakamura
"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"
2015
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Takaaki Kajita
"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass"
Arthur B. McDonald
"for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass"
2016
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
David J. Thouless
"for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
F. Duncan M. Haldane
"for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
J. Michael Kosterlitz
"for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter"
2017
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Rainer Weiss
"for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"
Barry C. Barish
"for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"
Kip S. Thorne
"for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves"
2018
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Arthur Ashkin
"for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems"
Gérard Mourou
"for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses"
Donna Strickland
"for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses"
2019
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
James Peebles
"for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology"
Michel Mayor
"for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star"
Didier Queloz
"for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star"
2020
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Roger Penrose
"for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity"
Reinhard Genzel
"for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy"
Andrea Ghez
"for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy"
2021
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Syukuro Manabe
"for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming"
Klaus Hasselmann
"for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming"
Giorgio Parisi
"for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales"
2022
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Alain Aspect
"for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science"
John Clauser
"for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science"
Anton Zeilinger
"for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science"
2023
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
Pierre Agostini
"for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter"
Ferenc Krausz
"for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter"
Anne L’Huillier
"for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter"
2024
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
John J. Hopfield
"for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks"
Geoffrey Hinton
"for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks"
2025
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
John Clarke
"for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"
Michel H. Devoret
"for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"
John M. Martinis
"for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit"