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Alfred Kastler

Alfred Kastler

May 3, 1902 –January 7, 1984

Physicist, Poet, University teacher, Researcher

Lived 81 years

Born in
Guebwiller
Passed away in
Bandol

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.

Notable works: optical pumping, Nuclear acoustic resonance Awards: Nobel Prize in Physics, CNRS Gold medal, Prix Félix-Robin, Three Physicists Prize, Holweck Prize, Wilhelm Exner Medal, honorary doctorate at the Laval University, honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, C.E.K. Mees Medal Education: École Normale Supérieure, Science Faculty of Paris

Source: Wikipedia — https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Kastler