Alain Aspect

Abstract Since the early days of quantum mechanics, and still in Feynman's lectures on physics, interference between spatially separated trajectories of a single particle has not ceased to fascinate physicists. I will present a realization in optics...

Abstract: Fifty years ago, two astronomers, R. Hanbury Brown and R. Q. Twiss, invented a new method to measure the angular diameter of stars, below the limit set by the atmospheric fluctuations. Their proposal prompted a hot debate among physicists...