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|thesis_title = Interaction of two-level atoms with non-classical states of light<ref>Original in Spanish: ''Interaccion de atomos de dos niveles con estados no clasicos de luz'', cf. {{cite web |url=http://cisne.sim.ucm.es/search~S2*spi?/XCirac&SORT=D&searchscope=2/XCirac&SORT=D&searchscope=2&SUBKEY=Cirac/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=XCirac&SORT=D&searchscope=2&3%2C3%2C#tabs |title=UCM Tesis |publisher=Library, Universidad Complutense de Madrid |access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>
| thesis_title = Interaction of two-level atoms with non-classical states of light<ref>Original in Spanish: ''Interaccion de atomos de dos niveles con estados no clasicos de luz'', cf. {{cite web |url=http://cisne.sim.ucm.es/search~S2*spi?/XCirac&SORT=D&searchscope=2/XCirac&SORT=D&searchscope=2&SUBKEY=Cirac/1%2C3%2C3%2CB/frameset&FF=XCirac&SORT=D&searchscope=2&3%2C3%2C#tabs |title=UCM Tesis |publisher=Library, Universidad Complutense de Madrid |access-date=30 January 2018}}</ref>
|thesis_year = 1991
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|known_for = [[Trapped ion quantum computer]]<br />[[Quantum complex network#Models|Quantum network models]]<br />[[Cirac–Zoller controlled-NOT gate|Cirac-Zoller CNOT]]<br/>[[W state]]<br />Tensor network states
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|awards = [[Prince of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]] (2006)<br /> [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]] (2008)<br />[[Benjamin Franklin Medal (Franklin Institute)|Benjamin Franklin Medal]] (2010)<br /> [[Wolf Prize in Physics]] (2013)<br /> [[Max Planck Medal]] (2018)<br>[[John Stewart Bell Prize]] (2019)
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'''Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain''' (born 11 October 1965), known professionally as '''Ignacio Cirac''', is a Spanish physicist. He is one of the pioneers of the field of quantum computing and [[quantum information]] theory. He is the recipient of the 2006 [[Prince of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]] in technical and scientific research.
'''Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain''', known professionally as '''Ignacio Cirac''', is a Spanish [[physicist]]. He is one of the pioneers of the field of [[quantum computing]] and [[quantum information]] theory. He is the recipient of the 2006 [[Prince of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]] in technical and scientific research.


== Early life and education ==
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== Career ==
Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain{{cn|date=December 2024}} graduated from the [[Complutense University of Madrid]] in 1988.{{cn|date=December 2024}}
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Cirac graduated from the [[Complutense University of Madrid]] in 1988 and moved to the United States in 1991 to work as a postdoctoral scientist with [[Peter Zoller]] in the [[Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics]] in [[University of Colorado at Boulder]]. Between 1991 and 1996, he was teaching physics in the Ciudad Real Faculty of Chemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha.<ref name="CV-leopoldina">{{cite web|url=https://www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Mitglieder/CV_Cirac_Ignacio-DE.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae |website=leopoldina.org |editor=[[Academy of Sciences Leopoldina|Leopoldina]]|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref>


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==Career==
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In 1996, Cirac became professor in the Institut für Theoretische Physik in Innsbruck, Austria, and in 2001 he became a director of the [[Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics]] in Garching, Germany, where he heads the Theory Division. At the same time, he was appointed [[Honorary title (academic)|honorary professor]] at the [[Technical University of Munich]]. He is a distinguished visiting professor and research advisor at [[ICFO]] – the Institute of Photonic Sciences in [[Barcelona]] since its foundation in 2002. He has been a member of research teams at the universities of [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Technical University of Munich]], [[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]], [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UCSB]], [[University of Hannover|Hannover]], [[University of Bristol|Bristol]], [[University of Paris|Paris]], [[Saclay Nuclear Research Centre|CEA/Saclay]], [[École Normale Supérieure]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name="pda2006">{{cite web|url=http://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/2006-juan-ignacio-cirac.html?texto=trayectoria&especifica=0 |title=Juan Ignacio Cirac: Prince of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research 2006 |publisher=Fundación Princesa de Asturias |website=fpa.es |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref>
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Cirac moved to the United States in 1991 to work as a [[Postdoctoral researcher|postdoctoral scientist]] with [[Peter Zoller]] in the [[Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics]] in [[University of Colorado at Boulder]]. Between 1991 and 1996, he was teaching physics in the Ciudad Real Faculty of Chemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha.<ref name="CV-leopoldina">{{cite web|url=https://www.leopoldina.org/fileadmin/redaktion/Mitglieder/CV_Cirac_Ignacio-DE.pdf |title=Curriculum Vitae |website=leopoldina.org |editor=[[Academy of Sciences Leopoldina|Leopoldina]]|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref>


In 1996, Cirac became professor in the Institut für Theoretische Physik in [[Innsbruck]], Austria, and in 2001 he became a director of the [[Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics]] in [[Garching]], Germany, where he heads{{when|date=December 2024}} the Theory Division. At the same time, he was appointed [[Honorary title (academic)|honorary professor]] at the [[Technical University of Munich]].
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His research is focused on quantum optics, the quantum theory of information and quantum many-body physics. According to his theories, [[quantum computing]] will revolutionize the information society and lead to much more efficient and secure communication of information. His joint work with Peter Zoller on ion trap quantum computation opened up the possibility of experimental quantum computation, and his joint work on optical lattices jumpstarted the field of quantum simulation. He has also made seminal contributions in the fields of quantum information theory, degenerated quantum gases, quantum optics, and renormalization group methods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leopoldina.org/en/members/list-of-members/member/8281/ |title=Member's Profile |website=leopoldina.org |editor=[[Academy of Sciences Leopoldina|Leopoldina]] German Academy of Sciences |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> As of 2017 Juan Ignacio Cirac has published more than 440 articles in the most prestigious journals<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.mpq.mpg.de/Theorygroup/CIRAC/wiki/images/5/5d/J_Ignacio_Cirac_CV_2017_December.pdf |title=Resume – Juan Ignacio Cirac |publisher=MPI for Quantum Optics |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> and is one of the most cited authors in his fields of research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webometrics.info/es/node/58 |publisher=webometrics.info |title=2258 Highly Cited Researchers (h>100) according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles |access-date=21 January 2018}} (Cirac is no. 592 on the list)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://clarivate.com/hcr/2017-researchers-list/#freeText%3DCirac |publisher=clarivate.com |title=2017 Highly Cited Researchers |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> He has been named among others as a possible candidate to win the nobel prize in physics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/nobel-prize-sizzle-building-excitement-in-the-run-up-to-the-physics-award/ |title=Nobel prize sizzle: building excitement in the run-up to the physics award |website=physicsworld.com |date=5 October 2020 |access-date=2022-11-12}}</ref>

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He is a distinguished visiting professor and research advisor at [[ICFO]] – the Institute of Photonic Sciences in [[Barcelona]] since its foundation in 2002. He has been a member of research teams at the universities of [[Harvard University|Harvard]], [[Technical University of Munich]], [[University of Hamburg|Hamburg]], [[University of California, Santa Barbara|UCSB]], [[University of Hannover|Hannover]], [[University of Bristol|Bristol]], [[University of Paris|Paris]], [[Saclay Nuclear Research Centre|CEA/Saclay]], [[École Normale Supérieure]], [[Massachusetts Institute of Technology]].<ref name="pda2006">{{cite web |url=http://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/2006-juan-ignacio-cirac.html?texto=trayectoria&especifica=0 |title=Juan Ignacio Cirac: Prince of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research 2006 |publisher=Fundación Princesa de Asturias |website=fpa.es |access-date=21 January 2018 |archive-date=28 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181028225709/http://www.fpa.es/en/princess-of-asturias-awards/laureates/2006-juan-ignacio-cirac.html?texto=trayectoria&especifica=0 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

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His research is focused on [[quantum optics]], the quantum theory of information, and quantum many-body physics. His joint work with Peter Zoller on ion trap quantum computation opened up the possibility of experimental quantum computation, and his joint work on optical lattices jumpstarted the field of quantum simulation. He has also made seminal contributions in the fields of quantum information theory, degenerated quantum gases, quantum optics, and renormalization group methods.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.leopoldina.org/en/members/list-of-members/member/8281/ |title=Member's Profile |website=leopoldina.org |editor=[[Academy of Sciences Leopoldina|Leopoldina]] German Academy of Sciences |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> As of 2017 Juan Ignacio Cirac has published more than 440 articles in the most prestigious journals<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www2.mpq.mpg.de/Theorygroup/CIRAC/wiki/images/5/5d/J_Ignacio_Cirac_CV_2017_December.pdf |title=Resume – Juan Ignacio Cirac |publisher=MPI for Quantum Optics |access-date=21 January 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180122072512/http://www2.mpq.mpg.de/Theorygroup/CIRAC/wiki/images/5/5d/J_Ignacio_Cirac_CV_2017_December.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> and is one of the most cited authors in his fields of research.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.webometrics.info/es/node/58 |publisher=webometrics.info |title=2258 Highly Cited Researchers (h>100) according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles |access-date=21 January 2018}} (Cirac is no. 592 on the list)</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://clarivate.com/hcr/2017-researchers-list/#freeText%3DCirac |publisher=clarivate.com |title=2017 Highly Cited Researchers |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> He has been named among others as a possible candidate to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://physicsworld.com/a/nobel-prize-sizzle-building-excitement-in-the-run-up-to-the-physics-award/ |title=Nobel prize sizzle: building excitement in the run-up to the physics award |website=physicsworld.com |date=5 October 2020 |access-date=2022-11-12}}</ref>


== Other activities ==
== Other activities ==
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== Honors and awards ==
== Honors and awards ==
Ignacio Cirac has been granted multiple awards, notable ones being the 2006 [[Prince of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]],<ref name="pda2006" /> the [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/galardonados/ignacio-cirac-3/ |publisher=Fundación BBVA |title=Ignacio Cirac, Frontiers of Knowledge Laureate |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> in the Basic Sciences category ''ex aequo'' with [[Peter Zoller]], and [[The Franklin Institute]]'s 2010 [[The Franklin Institute Awards|Benjamin Franklin Medal]] in Physics (jointly with [[David J. Wineland]] and [[Peter Zoller]]). He was awarded the [[Wolf Prize in Physics]] with Peter Zoller in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wolffund.org.il/index.php?dir=site&page=winners&cs=737&language=eng |title=Prof. Juan Ignacio Cirac Winner of Wolf Prize in Physics – 2013 |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> In 2018 he received the [[Max Planck Medal]] of the [[Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft|German Physical Society]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpq.mpg.de/5584519/17_11_23 |title=Prof. Ignacio Cirac receives Max-Planck Medal from the German Physical Society |author=Olivia Meyer-Streng |website=mpq.mpg.de|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> and the [[Micius Quantum Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201904/28/WS5cc56cd8a3104842260b8e79.html |title=Chinese prize for quantum research announced |author=Zhu Lixin |work=China Daily|date=28 April 2019 |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>
In 2003 Cirac was elected a [[Fellow of the American Physical Society]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2003&unit_id=&institution=|title=APS Fellow Archive|publisher=APS|access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref> In 2017 he became a member of the [[German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Ignacio Cirac |url=https://www.leopoldina.org/mitgliederverzeichnis/mitglieder/member/Member/show/ignacio-cirac/|publisher=German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>
He has been granted many awards, notable ones being the 2006 [[Prince of Asturias Awards|Prince of Asturias Award]],<ref name="pda2006" /> the [[BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.frontiersofknowledgeawards-fbbva.es/galardonados/ignacio-cirac-3/ |publisher=Fundación BBVA |title=Ignacio Cirac, Frontiers of Knowledge Laureate |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref> in the Basic Sciences category ''ex aequo'' with [[Peter Zoller]], and [[The Franklin Institute]]'s 2010 [[The Franklin Institute Awards|Benjamin Franklin Medal]] in Physics (jointly with [[David J. Wineland]] and [[Peter Zoller]]). He was awarded the [[Wolf Prize in Physics]] with Peter Zoller in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wolffund.org.il/index.php?dir=site&page=winners&cs=737&language=eng |title=Prof. Juan Ignacio Cirac Winner of Wolf Prize in Physics – 2013 |access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> In 2018 he received the [[Max Planck Medal]] of the [[Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft|German Physical Society]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mpq.mpg.de/5584519/17_11_23 |title=Prof. Ignacio Cirac receives Max-Planck Medal from the German Physical Society |author=Olivia Meyer-Streng |website=mpq.mpg.de|access-date=21 January 2018}}</ref> and the [[Micius Quantum Prize]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://global.chinadaily.com.cn/a/201904/28/WS5cc56cd8a3104842260b8e79.html |title=Chinese prize for quantum research announced |author=Zhu Lixin |work=China Daily|date=28 April 2019 |access-date=9 February 2020}}</ref>


In 2023, he received the inaugural [[La Vanguardia Prize]] in the category "Innovation".<ref>{{Cite web |title=HomeActividades y Agenda - Entrega de la primera edición de los "Premios La Vanguardia" |url=https://casareal.es/ES/Actividades/Paginas/actividades_actividades_detalle.aspx?data=15867 |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=casareal.es}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-10-09 |title=Ignacio Cirac receives first La Vanguardia Prize - presented by the King of Spain |url=https://www.mpq.mpg.de/6901190/10-ignacio-cirac-la-vanguardia |access-date=2024-01-23 |website=www.mpq.mpg.de |language=en}}</ref>
He was elected a [[Fellow of the American Physical Society]] in 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aps.org/programs/honors/fellowships/archive-all.cfm?initial=&year=2003&unit_id=&institution=|title=APS Fellow Archive|publisher=APS|access-date=15 September 2020}}</ref> In 2017 he became a member of the [[German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina]].<ref>{{cite web |title= Ignacio Cirac
|url=https://www.leopoldina.org/mitgliederverzeichnis/mitglieder/member/Member/show/ignacio-cirac/|publisher=German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina |access-date=26 May 2021}}</ref>


== See also ==
== See also ==
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'''Lectures and panels'''
'''Lectures and panels'''
*{{YouTube|id=X1vqlwhYck|channel=UCy_GEzh0W9Ul0YFl4Dup7Sg|title=Quantum Computing: Peter Zoller and Ignacio Cirac on the Quantum Revolution}}
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027215540/http://www.q2cfestival.com/play.php?lecture_id=7757 Video of panel discussion, "Harnessing Quantum Physics"] with Ignacio Cirac, [[Michele Mosca]], [[Avi Wigderson]], [[Daniel Gottesman]], [[Peter Shor]] and [[Dorit Aharonov]], at the Quantum to Cosmos festival
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20091027215540/http://www.q2cfestival.com/play.php?lecture_id=7757 Video of panel discussion, "Harnessing Quantum Physics"] with Ignacio Cirac, [[Michele Mosca]], [[Avi Wigderson]], [[Daniel Gottesman]], [[Peter Shor]] and [[Dorit Aharonov]], at the Quantum to Cosmos festival
* {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U8cyhqw5kY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/_U8cyhqw5kY |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=J. Ignacio Cirac: Quantum Optics and Simulations with Atoms and Photonic Crystals |date=17 February 2016 |publisher=[[Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information|IQOQI]] Innsbruck |website=youtube.com |access-date=22 January 2018}}{{cbignore}}
* {{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_U8cyhqw5kY |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211219/_U8cyhqw5kY |archive-date=2021-12-19 |url-status=live|title=J. Ignacio Cirac: Quantum Optics and Simulations with Atoms and Photonic Crystals |date=17 February 2016 |publisher=[[Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information|IQOQI]] Innsbruck |website=youtube.com |access-date=22 January 2018}}{{cbignore}}
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Latest revision as of 05:51, 22 December 2024

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Cirac and the second or maternal family name is Sasturain.

Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain
Born
Manresa, Barcelona, Spain
Alma materComplutense University of Madrid
Known forTrapped ion quantum computer
Quantum network models
Cirac-Zoller CNOT
W state
Tensor network states
AwardsPrince of Asturias Award (2006)
BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award (2008)
Benjamin Franklin Medal (2010)
Wolf Prize in Physics (2013)
Max Planck Medal (2018)
John Stewart Bell Prize (2019)
Premio Innovación (Innovation Award) in the Premios Vanguardia (2023)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysicist
InstitutionsMax Planck Institute of Quantum Optics
Thesis Interaction of two-level atoms with non-classical states of light[1]  (1991)
Doctoral advisorLuis Lorenzo Sánchez Soto
Notable studentsFrank Verstraete,
Guifré Vidal

Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain, known professionally as Ignacio Cirac, is a Spanish physicist. He is one of the pioneers of the field of quantum computing and quantum information theory. He is the recipient of the 2006 Prince of Asturias Award in technical and scientific research.

Early life and education

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Juan Ignacio Cirac Sasturain[citation needed] graduated from the Complutense University of Madrid in 1988.[citation needed]

Career

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Cirac moved to the United States in 1991 to work as a postdoctoral scientist with Peter Zoller in the Joint Institute for Laboratory Astrophysics in University of Colorado at Boulder. Between 1991 and 1996, he was teaching physics in the Ciudad Real Faculty of Chemistry, University of Castilla-La Mancha.[2]

In 1996, Cirac became professor in the Institut für Theoretische Physik in Innsbruck, Austria, and in 2001 he became a director of the Max Planck Institute of Quantum Optics in Garching, Germany, where he heads[when?] the Theory Division. At the same time, he was appointed honorary professor at the Technical University of Munich.

He is a distinguished visiting professor and research advisor at ICFO – the Institute of Photonic Sciences in Barcelona since its foundation in 2002. He has been a member of research teams at the universities of Harvard, Technical University of Munich, Hamburg, UCSB, Hannover, Bristol, Paris, CEA/Saclay, École Normale Supérieure, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[3]

His research is focused on quantum optics, the quantum theory of information, and quantum many-body physics. His joint work with Peter Zoller on ion trap quantum computation opened up the possibility of experimental quantum computation, and his joint work on optical lattices jumpstarted the field of quantum simulation. He has also made seminal contributions in the fields of quantum information theory, degenerated quantum gases, quantum optics, and renormalization group methods.[4] As of 2017 Juan Ignacio Cirac has published more than 440 articles in the most prestigious journals[5] and is one of the most cited authors in his fields of research.[6][7] He has been named among others as a possible candidate to win the Nobel Prize in Physics.[8]

Other activities

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Corporate boards

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Non-profit organizations

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  • Fundación La Caixa, member of the advisory council (since 2015)
  • Annalen der Physik, member of the advisory board (since 2012)
  • Fundación BBVA, member of the scientific committee (since 2010)

Honors and awards

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In 2003 Cirac was elected a Fellow of the American Physical Society.[10] In 2017 he became a member of the German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina.[11]

He has been granted many awards, notable ones being the 2006 Prince of Asturias Award,[3] the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award[12] in the Basic Sciences category ex aequo with Peter Zoller, and The Franklin Institute's 2010 Benjamin Franklin Medal in Physics (jointly with David J. Wineland and Peter Zoller). He was awarded the Wolf Prize in Physics with Peter Zoller in 2013.[13] In 2018 he received the Max Planck Medal of the German Physical Society[14] and the Micius Quantum Prize.[15]

In 2023, he received the inaugural La Vanguardia Prize in the category "Innovation".[16][17]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Original in Spanish: Interaccion de atomos de dos niveles con estados no clasicos de luz, cf. "UCM Tesis". Library, Universidad Complutense de Madrid. Retrieved 30 January 2018.
  2. ^ Leopoldina (ed.). "Curriculum Vitae" (PDF). leopoldina.org. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Juan Ignacio Cirac: Prince of Asturias Award for Technical & Scientific Research 2006". fpa.es. Fundación Princesa de Asturias. Archived from the original on 28 October 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  4. ^ Leopoldina German Academy of Sciences (ed.). "Member's Profile". leopoldina.org. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Resume – Juan Ignacio Cirac" (PDF). MPI for Quantum Optics. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 January 2018. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  6. ^ "2258 Highly Cited Researchers (h>100) according to their Google Scholar Citations public profiles". webometrics.info. Retrieved 21 January 2018. (Cirac is no. 592 on the list)
  7. ^ "2017 Highly Cited Researchers". clarivate.com. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  8. ^ "Nobel prize sizzle: building excitement in the run-up to the physics award". physicsworld.com. 5 October 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Board of Directors". Telefónica. 7 July 2021. Retrieved 14 December 2022.
  10. ^ "APS Fellow Archive". APS. Retrieved 15 September 2020.
  11. ^ "Ignacio Cirac". German Academy of Sciences Leopoldina. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  12. ^ "Ignacio Cirac, Frontiers of Knowledge Laureate". Fundación BBVA. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  13. ^ "Prof. Juan Ignacio Cirac Winner of Wolf Prize in Physics – 2013". Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  14. ^ Olivia Meyer-Streng. "Prof. Ignacio Cirac receives Max-Planck Medal from the German Physical Society". mpq.mpg.de. Retrieved 21 January 2018.
  15. ^ Zhu Lixin (28 April 2019). "Chinese prize for quantum research announced". China Daily. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
  16. ^ "HomeActividades y Agenda - Entrega de la primera edición de los "Premios La Vanguardia"". casareal.es. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
  17. ^ "Ignacio Cirac receives first La Vanguardia Prize - presented by the King of Spain". www.mpq.mpg.de. 9 October 2023. Retrieved 23 January 2024.
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