Nobel laureate Alain Aspect to give May 13 lecture at Purdue on pioneering efforts in quantum physics and technology

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Renowned French scientist Alain Aspect, who won the 2022 Nobel Prize for his pathfinding research in quantum physics, will give a lecture on Monday (May 13) at Purdue University on his pioneering work that set in motion a second quantum revolution.

His lecture, titled “From Einstein and Bell to Quantum Technologies: Entanglement in Action,” is at 2:30 p.m. in the Kurz Atrium in the Neil Armstrong Hall of Engineering. The lecture is free and open to the public, but registration is required. Register here. This talk is the last installment of the 2023-24 Purdue Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series and is co-hosted by the colleges of Engineering and Science.

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