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Alain Aspect

French physicist · France · Scientists · Born 1947 · age 79

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Alain Jean Aspect is a French physicist noted for his experimental work on quantum entanglement. Aspect's experiment (1980-1982) bears his name.

A life in dates

2026Honorary doctor of the University of LiègeAward2022Commander of the Legion of HonourAward2017“Now comes the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entangled state. Now I see faces, people saying, "Oh..?" Don't worry!”In their words4 May 2017"2017 Andrew Carnegie Lecture: Professor Alain Aspect" (May 4, 2017) 16:14-16:55 @Official University of Glasgow Alumni YouTube channel.

2015“In 1935, Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and (EPR) wrote a now famous paper questioning the completeness of the formalism of quantum mechanics.”In their words16 December 2015Alain Aspect, Physics Vol. 8, 123, American Physical Society.

“[In] 1964... John Stewart Bell... discovered inequalities that allow an experimental test of the predictions of local realism against those of standard quantum physics.”In their words16 December 2015Alain Aspect, Physics Vol. 8, 123, American Physical Society.

“In the ensuing decades, experimentalists performed increasingly sophisticated tests of Bell’s inequalities. But these tests have always had at least one “loophole,”...”In their words16 December 2015Alain Aspect, Physics Vol. 8, 123, American Physical Society.

“By closing the two main loopholes at the same time, three teams have independently confirmed that we must definitely renounce local realism... Although their findings are...”In their words16 December 2015Alain Aspect, Physics Vol. 8, 123, American Physical Society.

Foreign Member of the Royal SocietyAward2013Balzan PrizeAwardNiels Bohr International Gold MedalAwardUNESCO Niels Bohr MedalAward2012Herbert Walther PrizeAward2011Clarivate Citation LaureatesAwardMedal of the City of ParisAward2010Officer of the National Order of MeritAward2005Fellow of the American Physical SocietyAward1999Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-PrizeAwardMax Born AwardAward1983Servant PrizeAward1947Born15 June 1947

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Aspect at the École polytechnique (Polytechnic Institute of Paris) in 2013Aspect at the École polytechnique (Polytechnic Institute of Paris) in 2013Aspect at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2013Aspect at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics, 2013Aspect at the Institut d'optique, 4 October 2022Aspect at the Institut d'optique, 4 October 2022Alain Aspect at the Balzan Prize ceremony (Bern, 15 November 2013)Alain Aspect at the Balzan Prize ceremony (Bern, 15 November 2013)Alain Aspect signing one of his publications in LyonAlain Aspect signing one of his publications in Lyon

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  1. Now comes the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen entangled state. Now I see faces, people saying, "Oh..?" Don't worry!

    May 4, 2017, "2017 Andrew Carnegie Lecture: Professor Alain Aspect" (May 4, 2017) 16:14-16:55 @Official University of Glasgow Alumni YouTube channel., Own words

  2. In 1935, Albert Einstein, Boris Podolsky, and (EPR) wrote a now famous paper questioning the completeness of the formalism of quantum mechanics.

    Dec 16, 2015, Alain Aspect, Physics Vol. 8, 123, American Physical Society., Own words

  3. [In] 1964... John Stewart Bell... discovered inequalities that allow an experimental test of the predictions of local realism against those of standard quantum physics.

    Dec 16, 2015, Alain Aspect, Physics Vol. 8, 123, American Physical Society., Own words

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Honorary doctor of the University of Liège2026
Nobel Prize in Physics2022
Commander of the Legion of Honour2022
Foreign Member of the Royal Society2015
Officer of the Legion of Honour2014
Niels Bohr International Gold Medal2013
UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal2013
Frederic Ives Medal2013
Balzan Prize2013
Herbert Walther Prize2012
Albert Einstein Medal2012
Medal of the City of Paris2011
Clarivate Citation Laureates2011
Wolf Prize in Physics2010
Officer of the National Order of Merit2010
CNRS Gold medal2005
Fellow of the American Physical Society2005
Max Born Award1999
Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-Prize1999
Holweck Prize1991
Servant Prize1983

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Born 1947 · age 79

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Charles H. TownesBoth received Niels Bohr International Gold MedalNicolaas BloembergenBoth received Frederic Ives MedalRoy J. GlauberBoth received Max Born AwardFreeman DysonBoth received Wolf Prize in PhysicsAlexander Mikhailovich ProkhorovBoth received Frederic Ives MedalGerard 't HooftBoth received Wolf Prize in Physics

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