The European Physical Society [European APS] has awarded the 2004
Agilent Technologies Europhysics Prize to Prof. Michel Devoret,
Professor of Physics and of Applied Physics, and three other scientists
[from France, the Netherlands, and Japan] for the "realization and
demonstration of the quantum bit concept based on superconducting
circuits" [quantum integrated circuit physics].
The Europhysics Prize, one of the most prestigious physics prizes
presented in Europe, is given to internationally important areas of
condensed matter physics. The Prize also has a monetary component.
