Alfred Kastler was granted the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1966, 50 years ago, "for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms". Laboratoire Kastler Brossel and his members are organising a series of events this year in Paris to celebrate the scientist and the man (http://alfredkastler.fr/), including a one-day scientific symposium on Thursday, December 1st 2016. The objective of the symposium is to review fields of physics and applications that have emerged and flourished worldwide from Kastler's founding ideas.

Location

The Symposium took place in the Jean Jaurès Conference Hall, Ecole Normale Supérieure, 29 rue d'Ulm, Paris 5ème, and was attended by about 200 participants.

Video recordings

The Symposium has been broadcast live on the web, and separate video recordings of the presentations can be viewed.

A perspective on the legacy of Kastler’s work
Antoine Heidmann, Director of Laboratoire Kastler Brossel

The luminous world of Alfred Kastler
Daniel Kleppner MIT Cambridge (USA)

The appeal of quantum gases
Tilman Esslinger ETH Zurich (Switzerland)

A word about Alfred Kastler
William Phillips (Chairman) NIST (USA)

Quantum reservoir engineering: dissipation as a resource
Luiz Davidovich U. Rio (Brazil)

A word about Alfred Kastler
Serge Haroche (Chairman) LKB Paris

Manipulating single atoms and photons in the solid-state
Pascale Senellart C2N - CNRS (France)

Optical magnetometry in the lab, in the field and in the sky
Dmitry Budker U. Mainz (RFA) / U.C. Berkeley (USA)

Magnetic resonance of laser polarised gases
Jim Wild U. Sheffield (UK)

Follow the Kastler creed: finding things out optically
Jun Ye JILA Boulder (USA)

A few personal recollections
Marie-Anne Bouchiat and Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, LKB Paris

A word about Alfred Kastler
Gisbert zu Putlitz (Symposium participant, Heidelberg, Germany)