Experimental atomic physics and laser cooling.
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Steven Chu is an American physicist and Nobel laureate known for his work in the fields of physics and energy. He was born on February 28, 1948. Chu is particularly renowned for his research in laser cooling and trapping of atoms, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, shared with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and William D. Phillips.
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