Carlton M. Caves
Carlton (Carl) Caves | |
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Caves in October 2020 | |
| Born | 24 October 1950 (age 74) |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Alma mater | Rice University Caltech |
| Known for | Quantum information, quantum metrology |
| Awards | Einstein Prize (1990) Max Born Award (2011) Micius Quantum Prize (2020) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | University of New Mexico Caltech University of Southern California |
| Doctoral advisor | Kip Thorne |
| Doctoral students | Sergio Boixo Samuel L. Braunstein Michael Nielsen |
Carlton Morris Caves is an American theoretical physicist. He is currently professor emeritus and research professor of physics and astronomy at the University of New Mexico. Caves works in the areas of physics of information; information, entropy, and complexity; quantum information theory; quantum chaos, quantum optics; the theory of non-classical light; the theory of quantum noise; and the quantum theory of measurement. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science and is a member of the US National Academy of Sciences.