Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
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Claude Cohen-Tannoudji is a French physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in quantum optics and the development of laser cooling techniques for atoms.
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| Claude Cohen-Tannoudji canonical | 5 |
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Context triple: [Alain Aspect, doctoralAdvisor, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji]
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Serge Haroche
Serge Haroche is a French physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in quantum optics and cavity quantum electrodynamics.
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Alain Goeppert
Alain Goeppert is a chemist known for his collaborative research with Nobel laureate George A. Olah, particularly in the fields of carbon capture and sustainable fuel technologies.
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C.
Jean-Michel Perrin
Jean-Michel Perrin is a notable individual who bears the French surname Perrin, recognized enough to be specifically cited among its prominent holders.
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D.
Jean-Claude Perrin
Jean-Claude Perrin is a French former pole vaulter and athletics coach known for his contributions to French track and field.
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E.
Léon Brillouin
Léon Brillouin was a French physicist and mathematician known for his foundational contributions to quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and information theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji Target entity description: Claude Cohen-Tannoudji is a French physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in quantum optics and the development of laser cooling techniques for atoms.
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A.
Serge Haroche
Serge Haroche is a French physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work in quantum optics and cavity quantum electrodynamics.
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B.
Alain Goeppert
Alain Goeppert is a chemist known for his collaborative research with Nobel laureate George A. Olah, particularly in the fields of carbon capture and sustainable fuel technologies.
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C.
Jean-Michel Perrin
Jean-Michel Perrin is a notable individual who bears the French surname Perrin, recognized enough to be specifically cited among its prominent holders.
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D.
Jean-Claude Perrin
Jean-Claude Perrin is a French former pole vaulter and athletics coach known for his contributions to French track and field.
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E.
Léon Brillouin
Léon Brillouin was a French physicist and mathematician known for his foundational contributions to quantum mechanics, solid-state physics, and information theory.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
French physicist
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Nobel laureate ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ theoretical physicist ⓘ |
| academicAdvisor | Alfred Kastler ⓘ |
| academicDegree | agrégation in physics ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
CNRS Gold Medal
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surface form:
Gold Medal of the CNRS
Harold Pender Award ⓘ Holweck Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ |
| coAuthor |
Bernard Diu
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Franck Laloë ⓘ Jacques Dupont-Roc NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | France ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1933-04-01 ⓘ |
| educatedAt |
La Sorbonne
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surface form:
University of Paris
École Normale (Paris) ⓘ
surface form:
École normale supérieure
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| employer |
Collège de France
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École Normale (Paris) ⓘ
surface form:
École normale supérieure
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| ethnicOrigin | Algerian Jewish ⓘ |
| familyName | Cohen-Tannoudji ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
atomic physics
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physics ⓘ quantum optics ⓘ |
| givenName | Claude ⓘ |
| hasWritten |
Atom–Photon Interactions: Basic Processes and Applications
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Quantum Mechanics (with Bernard Diu and Franck Laloë) ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Sisyphus cooling
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atom–photon interactions ⓘ laser cooling of atoms ⓘ Doppler cooling ⓘ
surface form:
optical molasses
quantum optics ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | French ⓘ |
| memberOf |
Académie des Sciences
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Académie des Sciences ⓘ
surface form:
French Academy of Sciences
Pontifical Academy of Sciences ⓘ |
| name | Claude Cohen-Tannoudji self-link ⓘ |
| nationality | French ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light ⓘ |
| NobelPrizeYear | 1997 ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Constantine, Algeria ⓘ |
| positionHeld |
Professor at Collège de France
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Professor at École normale supérieure ⓘ |
| researchContribution |
development of sub-Doppler laser cooling techniques
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theoretical description of light shifts and dressed atoms ⓘ |
| sharedNobelPrizeWith |
Steven Chu
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William D. Phillips ⓘ |
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