Alain Aspect

Alain Jean Aspect is a French physicist and university teacher whose field of work is quantum physics. Born in Agen in 1947, he is a member of the French Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Sciences, the Royal Society, and the Austrian Academy of Sciences. His academic career includes positions as a professor and visiting professor, with employment at the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay, Collège de France, National Center for Scientific Research, École Supérieure d'Optique, and Paris-Saclay University. He received his education at the École normale supérieure Paris-Saclay and the University of Paris-Sud.

Aspect has authored works including *Einstein et les révolutions quantiques*, *Cinquième Colloque sur les lasers et l'optique quantique*, *Si Einstein avait su*, *Trois tests expérimentaux des inégalités de Bell par mesure de correlation de polarisation de photons*, and *Quantum Chance*. He has been recognized with the Niels Bohr International Gold Medal, the UNESCO Niels Bohr Medal, the CNRS Gold medal, and the Frederic Ives Medal. His doctoral student is Alain Bernard.