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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectClaude Cohen-Tannoudji
Dates
April 01, 1933 – present
Authorized Form of Name
Cohen-Tannoudji, Claude
Additional Forms of Names
Cohen-Tannoudji, C. (Claude), 1933-
Tannoudji, Claude Cohen, 1933-
Коэн-Таннуджи, К, 1933-
Biography
Abstract
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji is an atomic physicist at Collège de France. He was awarded the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light."
Important Dates
April 01, 1933Birth, Constantine (Algeria).
1964Obtained PhD in Physics, Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS), Paris (France).
1964 – 1973Professor, Université de Paris (University of Paris), Paris (France).
1973 – 2004Professor of Atomic and Molecular Physics, Collège de France, Paris (France).
1981Member, Académie de sciences (French Academy of Sciences).
1986Fellow, American Physical Society.
1992Awarded Lilienfeld Prize, American Physical Society.
1993Awarded Charles Hard Townes Award, Optical Society of America.
1994Awarded honorary doctorate, Uppsala universitet (Uppsala University).
1994Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences.
1996Awarded CNRS Gold Medal.
1997Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light".
1999Member, Pontificia Accademia delle scienze (Pontifical Academy of Sciences).
Occupation
Atomic physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Subjects
Relationships
People
Family
Cohen-Tannoudji, Jacqueline Veyrat
Wife.
Advisors & Collaborators
Brossel, Jean
PhD advisor at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris).
Shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics along with William D. Phillips "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light".
Advised by Cohen-Tannoudji at Ecole Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris).
PhD advisor at École Normale Supérieure.
Phillips, William D. (William Daniel), 1948-
Shared the 1997 Nobel Prize in Physics along with Steven Chu "for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light".
Additional
Institutions
Major Positions
Collège de France
Professor of Atomic and Molecular Physics.
Université de Paris
Professor.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
Académie des Sciences (France)
Member.
Fellow and awarded 1992 Lilienfeld Prize.
École normale supérieure (France)
Obtained PhD in Physics (1962).
National Academy of Sciences (U.S.)
Foreign Associate.
Awarded 1993 Charles Hard Townes Award.
Pontificia Accademia delle scienze
Member.
Uppsala universitet
Awarded honorary doctorate.
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Nobel Voices Videohistory Project collection, 2000-2001.
Archives Center
Smithsonian Institution. National Air and Space Museum
MRC 601, 12th Street and Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20560, USA
Subject
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA