Prof. Dr. Alain Jean Aspect

Profile

Academic positionFull Professor
Research fieldsAtomic Physics, Molecular Physics, Laser Physics,Theoretical Physics
KeywordsAtom Laser, Atom optics, Bose-Einstein Condensates, Quantum Atom Optics

Current contact address

CountryFrance
CityPalaiseau
InstitutionUniversite de Paris XI (Paris-Sud)
InstituteInstitut d'Optique, Laboratoire Charles Fabry
Homepagehttp://www.atomoptic.fr/

Host during sponsorship

Prof. Dr. Jürgen MlynekFachbereich Physik, Universität Konstanz, Konstanz
Start of initial sponsorship01/02/2000

Programme(s)

1999Humboldt Research Award Programme

Nominator's project description

Professor Aspect has carried out pionering experiments of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen type on the incompleteness of quantum mechanics. His famous tests of Bell's inqualities using a correlated pair of photons have shown full agreement with quantum theory and are now referred to as "Aspect experiments".