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Robert B. Laughlin

"Robert Laughlin" redirects here. For the anthropologist and linguist, see Robert M. Laughlin.
Robert Betts Laughlin
Born (1950-11-01) November 1, 1950 (age 74)
Visalia, California, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materMIT
University of California, Berkeley
Known forQuantum Hall effect
AwardsE. O. Lawrence Award (1984)
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (1986)
Nobel Prize in physics (1998)
The Franklin Medal (1998)
Scientific career
FieldsTheoretical physics
InstitutionsStanford
Doctoral advisorJohn D. Joannopoulos

Robert Betts Laughlin (born November 1, 1950) is the Anne T. and Robert M. Bass Professor of Physics and Applied Physics at Stanford University.[1] Along with Horst L. Störmer of Columbia University and Daniel C. Tsui of Princeton University, he was awarded a share of the 1998 Nobel Prize in physics for their explanation of the fractional quantum Hall effect.

In 1983, Laughlin was first to provide a many body wave function, now known as the Laughlin wavefunction, for the fractional quantum hall effect, which was able to correctly explain the fractionalized charge observed in experiments. This state has since been interpreted as the integer quantum Hall effect of the composite fermion.[2]

His 2017 paper, "Pumped thermal grid storage with heat exchange"[3] inspired Project Malta at Google X and subsequently Malta inc.[4]

  1. ^ Robert Laughlin – Stanford Physics Faculty. Stanford.edu. Retrieved on 2012-01-28.
  2. ^ J.K. Jain (1989). "Composite fermion approach for fractional quantum Hall effect". Physical Review Letters. 63 (2): 199–202. Bibcode:1989PhRvL..63..199J. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.63.199. PMID 10040805.
  3. ^ Laughlin, Robert B. (July 2017). "Pumped thermal grid storage with heat exchange". Journal of Renewable and Sustainable Energy. 9 (4): 044103. doi:10.1063/1.4994054.
  4. ^ "Home | Malta". www.maltainc.com. Retrieved 2023-11-03.

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