Claude Cohen-Tannoudji

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji

Nobel Prize in Physics 1997

“for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light”

Claude Cohen-Tannoudji is a French physicist. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997 for developing methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light.

Field
Physics · Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics
Lifespan
1933–