William Daniel Phillips is an American physicist known for his work in the field of atomic physics, particularly for his contributions to laser cooling and trapping of atoms. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, along with Steven Chu and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, for their development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light. This pioneering work has had a significant impact on various areas of science and technology, including quantum mechanics and the development of atomic clocks.
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