Alfred Kastler | |
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Born | |
Died | 7 January 1984 (aged 81) |
Nationality | French |
Alma mater | École Normale Supérieure, University of Paris[1] |
Known for | Optical pumping Nuclear acoustic resonance |
Awards | Holweck Prize (1954) CNRS Gold medal (1964) Nobel Prize for Physics (1966) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | physics |
Doctoral advisor | Pierre Daure |
Doctoral students | Claude Cohen Tannoudji |
Alfred Kastler (French: [kastlɛʁ]; 3 May 1902 – 7 January 1984) was a French physicist, and Nobel Prize laureate.[2] He is known for the development of optical pumping.