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Archival as AuthorArchival as SubjectPublished as AuthorPublished as SubjectAlfred Kastler
Dates
May 3, 1902 – January 7, 1984
Authorized Form of Name
Kastler, Alfred
Additional Forms of Names
Kastler, A. (Alfred)
Kastler, Alfred, 1902-1984
Biography
Abstract
Alfred Kastler was a optical physicist at École Normale Supérieure. He was awarded the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physis "for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms."
Important Dates
May 3, 1902Birth, Guebwiller (France).
1926Obtained PhD in Physics, École Normale Supérieure (ENS Paris), Paris (France).
1931 – 1941Lecturer (1931-1936) and Professor (1938-1941), University of Bordeaux (Université de Bordeaux ), Bordeaux (France).
1936 – 1938Lecturer, University of Clermont-Ferrand II (Université de Clermont-Ferrand II), Aubignan (France).
1953 – 1954Francqui Professor, University of Louvain (Université de Louvain), Louvain (Belgium).
1954Member, Royal Flemish Academy of Belgium for Science and the Arts (Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten.
1954Awarded Holweck Prize, Physical Society.
1955Awarded honorary DSc, University of Louvain (Université de Louvain), Louvain (Belgium).
1962Member, Société française de physique.
1962Member, Optical Society of America.
1966Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics "for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms".
1966Awarded honorary DSC, Oxford University.
January 7, 1984Death, Bandol (France).
Occupation
Optical physicist.
Places
Birth
Graduate Education
Employment
Death
Subjects
Optical physics and engineering.
Relationships
People
Advisors & Collaborators
Abraham, Henri, 1868-1943
Research advisor at École Normale Supérieure.
Worked on the optical pumping field at the École Normale Supérieure together.
Bloch, Eugène, 1878-1944
Research advisor at Université de Paris.
Brossel, Jean
Advised by Kastler at École Normale Supérieure.
Advised by Kastler at École Normale Supérieure.
Cotton, Aimé Auguste, 1869-1951
Research advisor at Université Paris-Sorbonne.
Margerie, J. (Jean)
Advised by Kastler at Université Paris-Sorbonne.
Urbain, Georges, 1872-1938
PhD advisor at University of Paris (Université de Paris).
Additional
Landé, Alfred, 1888-
Pecker, Jean Claude
Institutions
Major Positions
Université catholique de Louvain
Francqui Professor and awarded honorary DSc (1955).
Université de Bordeaux (1441-1970)
Lecturer and Professor.
Université de Clermont-Ferrand II
Lecturer.
Professional Activities & Affiliations
École normale supérieure (France)
Obtained PhD in Physics (1926).
Koninklijke Vlaamse Academie van België voor Wetenschappen en Kunsten
Member.
Member.
Physical Society (Great Britain)
Awarded 1954 Holweck Prize.
Société française de physique
Member.
University of Oxford
Awarded honorary DSc (1966).
Resources
Archival Resources
Author
Alfred Kastler papers, ca. 1926-1984.
Department of Physics, Library
Ecole normale supérieure.
24, rue Lhomond, 75231 Paris CEDEX 05, France
Alfred Kastler review of Bertolotti's book, 1983.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Alfred Kastler, 1979 October 18 and 19.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Subject
Alfred Landé autograph collection, 1919-1973.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Francis Bitter papers, 1925-1967.
Institute Archives and Special Collections
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
M.I.T. Libraries, Rm. 14N-118, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
Oral history interview with Jean Brossel, 1983 March 3 and 8.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Oral history interview with Jean Claude Pecker, 1976 September 11 and 13.
Niels Bohr Library & Archives
American Institute of Physics
One Physics Ellipse, College Park, MD 20740, USA
Published Resources
Author
Thermodynamique/ [par] G. Bruhat …