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Alain Aspect

Professor

Institut d'Optique Graduate School

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Deep Tech & Quantum Computing

About Me

Alain Aspect is an alumnus of ENSET Cachan (now ENS Paris-Saclay) and Orsay University. He is currently Professor at the Institut d'Optique-Université Paris-Saclay and Professor at the École Polytechnique. His doctoral thesis (1983), at the Institut d'Optique, focused on experimental tests of the foundations of quantum mechanics (tests of Bell's inequalities, for which he was awarded the 2022 Nobel Prize in Physics along with John Clauser and Anton Zeilinger). After experiments on single photons, with Philippe Grangier (1984-86), he worked on laser cooling of atoms at the Kastler Brossel laboratory of ENS Paris, with Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Jean Dalibard and Christophe Salomon. The group he founded at the Institut d'Optique in 1993 focuses on atomic quantum optics and atomic quantum simulators with degenerate gases. Alain Aspect is a member of the Académie des Sciences, the Académie des Technologies and several foreign academies (Austria, Belgium, Italy, UK, USA).

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Quantum Crossroads: Safeguarding Data in the Age of Breakthroughs

The immense computational power of quantum machines promises to break traditional encryption methods, posing an unprecedented threat to global cybersecurity and data privacy. At this critical juncture, innovations in quantum physics are not only creating new challenges but also offering groundbreaking solutions. What are the most pressing cybersecurity challenges today and how can we harness the unique properties of quantum mechanics to build an even more secure digital future? A Nobel laureate and a leading technologist weigh in.