Nobel 2025: Clarke, Devoret & Martinis Win for Quantum Advances

John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis, all American physicists, have been awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics for their fundamental contributions to quantum mechanics, CE Report quotes ANSA.

Clarke, Devoret, and Martinis demonstrated that the strange behavior of matter in the microscopic quantum world could be reproduced in a system large enough to fit in the palm of a hand.

Specifically, they developed a superconducting electrical system capable of switching between states using the quantum tunneling effect—as if passing through a wall.

They also showed that their system absorbs and emits energy in quantized amounts, exactly as predicted by quantum mechanics.

Their experiments have been crucial in providing measurable proof and deeper understanding of quantum mechanical phenomena.