Claude Cohen-Tannoudji | |
|---|---|
.JPG) Cohen-Tannoudji in 2007 | |
| Born | 1 April 1933 |
| Nationality | French |
| Alma mater | École normale supérieure University of Paris |
| Known for | Laser cooling Quantum Mechanics |
| Spouse |
Jacqueline Veyrat (m. 1958) |
| Children | 3 |
| Awards | Prix Paul Langevin (1963) Prix Jean Ricard (1971) Young Medal and Prize (1979) Ampère Prize (1979) Lilienfeld Prize (1992) Matteucci Medal (1994) Harvey Prize (1996) Nobel Prize in Physics (1997) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | College de France University of Paris École normale supérieure (Paris) |
| Doctoral advisor | Alfred Kastler |
| Doctoral students | Serge Haroche Jean Dalibard Claude Fabre |
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (French pronunciation: [klod kɔɛn tanudʒi]; born 1 April 1933) is a French physicist. He shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics with Steven Chu and William Daniel Phillips for research in methods of laser cooling and trapping atoms. Currently he is still an active researcher, working at the École normale supérieure (Paris).[2]
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