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Alain Aspect, Nobel Prize in Physics 2022

The CNRS physicist Alain Aspect has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2022, along with his colleagues John Francis Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, for their pioneering research on quantum entanglement, which paved the way for quantum technology.

Alain Aspect
Alain Aspect

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Alain Aspect is Research Director Emeritus at the CNRS, Professor at the Institut d’optique Graduate School / Paris-Saclay University, affiliated professor with honours at ENS Paris-Saclay and associate professor at the Ecole polytechnique. He works at the Charles Fabry Laboratory (Paris-Saclay University, Institut d’optique Graduate School / CNRS).

On the occasion of this Nobel Prize, discover our films and portraits of Alain Aspect and of French physicists close to his discipline: Serge Haroche (Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 and CNRS Gold Medal in 2009) and Jean Dalibard (CNRS Gold Medal in 2021).

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