Alfred Kastler

Alfred Kastler
Kastler in 1966
Born(1902-05-03)3 May 1902
Died7 January 1984(1984-01-07) (aged 81)
Alma materÉcole Normale Supérieure
Known forOptical pumping
Nuclear acoustic resonance
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsUniversity of Bordeaux
Doctoral advisorPierre Daure
Doctoral studentsClaude Cohen Tannoudji

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.