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French physicist (1902–1984)

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Alfred Kastler was a French physicist who lived from 1902 to 1984 and made important contributions to the field of physics. His work was significant enough to earn recognition in the scientific community, though the specific nature of his discoveries would require further research to understand in detail.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics1966

    “for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms”

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Instance of
human
Given name
Alfred
Gender
male
Citizenship
France
Place of birth
Guebwiller
Place of death
Bandol
Occupation
researcher
Position held
chairperson
Languages spoken
French
Field of work
optics
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Kastler.jpg
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Alfred Kastler
date of birth
1902-05-03
Erdős number
7
name in native language
Alfred Kastler
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birth name
Frédéric Henri Alfred Kastler
date of death
1984-01-07
interested in
physics
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Encyclopedic overview

Alfred Kastler ( French: [kastlɛʁ]; 3 May 1902 – 7 January 1984) was a German-born French physicist and Nobel laureate in Physics. He is known for the development of optical pumping.

Biography

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Alfred Kastler” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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