Performs experiments testing Bell inequalities with entangled photons.
Historical person
Alain Aspect Biography
Historical biography and chronological timeline for Alain Aspect, based on 4 World History Database records associated with France.
Chronological biography
1982
Finds correlations incompatible with local hidden-variable theories.
2022
Shares the Nobel Prize in Physics for experiments with entangled photons, Bell inequality violations and pioneering quantum information science.
Shares the physics prize for experiments with entangled photons and advances in quantum information science.
Titles and roles
Physicist
Record provenance
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