John F. Clauser
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John F. Clauser is an American physicist renowned for his pioneering experimental tests of Bell's inequalities, which helped establish the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| John F. Clauser canonical | 7 |
| John Francis Clauser | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T848766 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John F. Clauser Context triple: [Wolf Prize in Physics, hasLaureate, John F. Clauser]
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Alain Aspect
Alain Aspect is a French physicist renowned for his groundbreaking experiments on quantum entanglement that confirmed key predictions of quantum mechanics and contributed to his sharing the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Norman Ramsey
Norman Ramsey was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the separated oscillatory field method, which enabled highly precise atomic clocks and advanced nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.
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C.
Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger is an Austrian physicist renowned for his pioneering experiments in quantum entanglement and foundational contributions to quantum information science.
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Carl E. Wieman
Carl E. Wieman is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in Bose–Einstein condensation and contributions to physics education.
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E.
Eric A. Cornell
Eric A. Cornell is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for co-creating the first Bose–Einstein condensate in a dilute gas of alkali atoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: John F. Clauser Target entity description: John F. Clauser is an American physicist renowned for his pioneering experimental tests of Bell's inequalities, which helped establish the foundations of quantum mechanics and quantum entanglement.
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A.
Alain Aspect
Alain Aspect is a French physicist renowned for his groundbreaking experiments on quantum entanglement that confirmed key predictions of quantum mechanics and contributed to his sharing the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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B.
Norman Ramsey
Norman Ramsey was an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for developing the separated oscillatory field method, which enabled highly precise atomic clocks and advanced nuclear magnetic resonance techniques.
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C.
Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger is an Austrian physicist renowned for his pioneering experiments in quantum entanglement and foundational contributions to quantum information science.
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D.
Carl E. Wieman
Carl E. Wieman is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in Bose–Einstein condensation and contributions to physics education.
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E.
Eric A. Cornell
Eric A. Cornell is an American physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for co-creating the first Bose–Einstein condensate in a dilute gas of alkali atoms.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
American physicist
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experimental physicist ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
John Bell Prize
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linked to:
John Stewart Bell Prize
Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Wolf Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| citizenship | American ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
California Institute of Technology
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Columbia University ⓘ |
| familyName | Clauser ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
experimental tests of Bell inequalities
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foundations of quantum mechanics ⓘ physics ⓘ quantum entanglement ⓘ quantum mechanics ⓘ quantum physics ⓘ |
| givenName | John ⓘ |
| hasResearchInterest |
hidden variable theories
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local realism ⓘ quantum nonlocality ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
John Stewart Bell
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linked to:
John Bell
|
| knownFor |
foundational contributions to quantum mechanics
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pioneering experimental tests of Bell's inequalities ⓘ work on quantum entanglement ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| name | John F. Clauser ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeFor |
establishing violation of Bell inequalities
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experiments with entangled photons ⓘ pioneering quantum information science ⓘ |
| notableAchievement |
demonstration of violation of Bell inequalities in nature
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first experimental test of a Bell inequality with entangled photons ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Clauser–Horne inequality
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Clauser–Horne–Shimony–Holt inequality ⓘ experimental test of Bell's inequalities ⓘ |
| occupation |
physicist
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researcher ⓘ |
| residence | United States of America ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | male ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Alain Aspect
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Anton Zeilinger ⓘ |
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Referenced by (8)
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