He earned a B.S. from Stanford University in 1973, and his Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980. His thesis was titled The Acquisition of Information from Quantum Measurements, and Linda Reichl was his doctoral advisor, while John A. Wheeler also served as a mentor.[6] He was a member of the physics department at Williams College from 1982 to 2017, receiving the title of Barclay Jermain Professor of Natural Philosophy. He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999, for "contributions on the foundations of quantum mechanics and groundbreaking work in quantum information and communications theory."[7]
With Susan Loepp, he is the co-author of the book Protecting Information: From Classical Error Correction to Quantum Cryptography (Cambridge University Press, 2006).[8][9]
^Wootters, W. K.; Zurek, W. H. (28 October 1982). "A single quantum cannot be cloned". Nature. 299 (5886): 802–803. Bibcode:1982Natur.299..802W. doi:10.1038/299802a0. ISSN 1476-4687. S2CID 4339227.
^D. Dieks, "Communication by EPR devices", Physics Letters A 92 (1982) 271–272.
^Park, James (1970). "The concept of transition in quantum mechanics". Foundations of Physics. 1 (1): 23–33. Bibcode:1970FoPh....1...23P. CiteSeerX10.1.1.623.5267. doi:10.1007/BF00708652. S2CID 55890485.
william, wootters, william, bill, kent, wootters, born, july, 1951, citation, needed, american, theoretical, physicist, founders, field, quantum, information, theory, 1982, joint, paper, with, wojciech, zurek, wootters, proved, cloning, theorem, same, time, de. William Bill Kent Wootters born 7 July 1951 citation needed is an American theoretical physicist and one of the founders of the field of quantum information theory In a 1982 joint paper with Wojciech H Zurek Wootters proved the no cloning theorem 1 at the same time as Dennis Dieks and independently of James L Park who had formulated the no cloning theorem in 1970 2 3 He is known for his contributions to the theory of quantum entanglement including quantitative measures of it entanglement assisted communication notably quantum teleportation discovered by Wootters and collaborators in 1993 4 and entanglement distillation The term qubit denoting the basic unit of quantum information originated in a conversation between Wootters and Benjamin Schumacher in 1992 5 William Kent WoottersNationalityAmericanOccupationTheoretical physicistYears active1973 2017 Known forFounding quantum information theoryQuantum teleportationCoffman Kundu Wootters inequalitySchrodinger HJW theoremConcurrenceEntanglement distillationEntanglement of formationNo cloning theoremProblem of timeU bitCoining word qubit He earned a B S from Stanford University in 1973 and his Ph D from the University of Texas at Austin in 1980 His thesis was titled The Acquisition of Information from Quantum Measurements and Linda Reichl was his doctoral advisor while John A Wheeler also served as a mentor 6 He was a member of the physics department at Williams College from 1982 to 2017 receiving the title of Barclay Jermain Professor of Natural Philosophy He was elected a fellow of the American Physical Society in 1999 for contributions on the foundations of quantum mechanics and groundbreaking work in quantum information and communications theory 7 With Susan Loepp he is the co author of the book Protecting Information From Classical Error Correction to Quantum Cryptography Cambridge University Press 2006 8 9 See also editMonogamy of entanglement Problem of time Schrodinger HJW theorem U bitReferences edit Wootters W K Zurek W H 28 October 1982 A single quantum cannot be cloned Nature 299 5886 802 803 Bibcode 1982Natur 299 802W doi 10 1038 299802a0 ISSN 1476 4687 S2CID 4339227 D Dieks Communication by EPR devices Physics Letters A 92 1982 271 272 Park James 1970 The concept of transition in quantum mechanics Foundations of Physics 1 1 23 33 Bibcode 1970FoPh 1 23P CiteSeerX 10 1 1 623 5267 doi 10 1007 BF00708652 S2CID 55890485 C H Bennett G Brassard C Crepeau R Jozsa A Peres W K Wootters 1993 Teleporting an Unknown Quantum State via Dual Classical and Einstein Podolsky Rosen Channels Phys Rev Lett 70 13 1895 1899 Bibcode 1993PhRvL 70 1895B CiteSeerX 10 1 1 46 9405 doi 10 1103 PhysRevLett 70 1895 PMID 10053414 Fuchs Christopher A Schlosshauer Maximilian Stacey Blake C 2015 05 10 My Struggles with the Block Universe arXiv 1405 2390 quant ph William K Wootters CV PDF Science Center Williams College Retrieved 2019 03 24 APS Fellow Archive American Physical Society Retrieved 2019 03 24 Review of Protecting Information by Fan Junjie March 29 2012 International Association for Cryptologic Research Review of Protecting Information by Darren Glass April 5 2007 MAA Reviews Mathematical Association of America External links editBill Wootters homepage nbsp nbsp nbsp This article about an American physicist is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title William Wootters amp oldid 1194118613, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
