Alfred Kastler
French physicist (1902–1984)
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Kastler cracked optical pumping, a technique that got him a Nobel Prize in Physics. The German-born French physicist made light do the heavy lifting in atomic manipulation.
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Alfred Kastler was a German-born French physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics. He is known for the development of optical pumping.
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