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Lene Hau

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Lene Vestergaard Hau (Danish: [ˈle̝ːnə ˈvestɐˌkɒˀ ˈhɑw]; born November 13, 1959) is a Danish physicist and educator. She is the Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics at Harvard University. In 1999, she led a Harvard University team who, by use of a Bose–Einstein condensate, succeeded in slowing a beam of light to about 17 metres per second, and, in 2001, was able to stop a beam completely. Later work based on these experiments led to the transfer of light to matter, then from matter back into light, a process with important implications for quantum encryption and quantum computing. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lene Hau is the 760th most popular physicist (down from 753rd in 2019), the 603rd most popular biography from Denmark (down from 584th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Danish Physicist.

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Among PHYSICISTS

Among physicists, Lene Hau ranks 760 out of 851. Before her are Mary K. Gaillard, John Pendry, Brian Cox, Frank Benford, Paul Steinhardt, and Jacques Friedel. After her are Charles Sheffield, Bertrand Halperin, Peter Zoller, Léon Rosenfeld, Leonid Sedov, and Inga Fischer-Hjalmars.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1959, Lene Hau ranks 409. Before her are Brian Setzer, Domiziana Giordano, Vladimír Franz, Michael Scott, Vagiz Khidiyatullin, and Trond Sollied. After her are Jari Puikkonen, Masataka Imai, Norm Macdonald, Ryuta Kawashima, Heinz Günthardt, and Paul McGann.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Lene Hau ranks 603 out of 1,032. Before her are Klaus Berggreen (1958), Kevin Magnussen (1992), Jens Albinus (1965), Jørgen Marcussen (1950), Per Røntved (1949), and Søren Marinus Jensen (1879). After her are Lili Bech (1883), Birger Jensen (1951), John Jensen (1965), Ole Qvist (1950), Agnes Obel (1980), and Bjørn Rasmussen (1885).

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Among PHYSICISTS In Denmark

Among physicists born in Denmark, Lene Hau ranks 7. Before her are Niels Bohr (1885), Hans Christian Ørsted (1777), Aage Bohr (1922), Martin Knudsen (1871), Ole Worm (1588), and Ludvig Lorenz (1829). After her are Henrik Svensmark (1958).

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