Physics: Alain Aspect

Physics: Alain Aspect
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Alain Aspect (1947) Alain Jean Aspect (French: [aspɛ] ; born 15 June 1947) is a French physicist noted for his experimental work on quantum entanglement.

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Alain Aspect (1947) Alain Jean Aspect (French: [aspɛ] ; born 15 June 1947) is a French physicist noted for his experimental work on quantum entanglement.

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Why is Alain Aspect remembered? Ever y major advance in physics was made by a person working to understand something that didn't quite make sense yet. Alain Aspect was one of those people.

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About Alain Aspect Alain Jean Aspect (French: [aspɛ] ; born 15 June 1947) is a French physicist noted for his experimental work on quantum entanglement. Aspect's experiment (1980–1982) bears his name. Aspect was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics, jointly with John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger, "for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science". In 2025 he was elected to the Académie Française.