Rainer Blatt
Rainer Blatt | |
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| Born | 8 September 1952 |
| Nationality | Austria, Germany |
| Alma mater | University of Mainz |
| Known for | Quantum optics, quantum information |
| Awards | Stern-Gerlach Medal (2012), John Stewart Bell Prize (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physicist |
| Institutions | University of Innsbruck, Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information |
Rainer Blatt (born 8 September 1952) is a German-Austrian experimental physicist. His research centres on the areas of quantum optics and quantum information. He and his team performed one of the first experiments to teleport atoms, the other was done at NIST in Boulder Colorado. The reports of both groups appeared back-to-back in Nature.