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Jean Dalibard is a physicist specializing inmatter-radiationinteraction, with aparticular focus onlasermanipulationofatoms.After studying at theÉcole normalesupérieure (1977-1981), he completed his doctorate under the supervision of Claude Cohen-Tannoudji from 1982 to 1986.He was a researcher at the CNRS until 2012, when he was elected to theCollège de France. He was also a professor at the École Polytechnique from 1989 to 2015.

Jean Dalibard heads the " Bose-Einstein Condensates " teamat the Laboratoire Kastler Brossel. The team comprises some twenty researchers, teacher-researchers, PhD students and post-docs. It conducts research focused on the study of ultra-cold matter at the Marcelin-Berthelot site of the Collège de France.

Jean Dalibard has been a visiting scientist at the National Institute for Standards and Technology (USA), the Cavendish Laboratory at Cambridge University (UK), and has taught at severalforeignuniversities.He is a member of several learned societies,including theAcadémie des Sciences (France) and the National Academy of Sciences (USA). He was awarded the CNRS Gold Medal in 2021 for his life's work.

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  • Topological Bands for Ultracold Atoms

    Cooper N. R., Dalibard J. and Spielman I. B., " Topological Bands for Ultracold Atoms ", Rev. Mod. Phys. vol. 91, no. 1, 2019.

  • Periodically Driven Quantum Systems: Effective Hamiltonians and Engineered Gauge Fields

    Dalibard J. and Goldman N., " Periodically driven quantum systems: effective Hamiltonians and engineered gauge fields ", Physical Review X, vol. 4, 2014.

  • Many-Body Physics with Ultracold Gases

    Bloch I., Dalibard J. and Zwerger W., " Many-Body Physics with Ultracold Gases ", Review of Modern Physics, vol. 80, 2008.

  • Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Crossover in a Trapped Atomic Gas

    Battelier B., Cheneau M., Dalibard J., Hadzibabic Z. and Krüger P., " Berezinskii-Kosterlitz-Thouless Crossover in a Trapped Atomic Gas ", Nature, vol. 441, 2006.

  • Vortex Formation in a Stirred Bose-Einstein Condensate

    Chevy F., Dalibard J., Madison K. W. and Wohlleben W., "  VortexFormation in a Stirred Bose-Einstein Condensate ", Physical Review Letters, vol. 84, 2000, pp. 806-809.

  • Wave-Function Approach to Dissipative Processes in Quantum Optics

    Castin Y., Dalibard J. and Moelmer K., " Wave-Function Approach to Dissipative Processes in Quantum Optics ", Physical Review Letters, vol. 68, 1992.

  • Laser Cooling below the Doppler Limit by Polarization Gradients: Simple Theoretical Models

    Cohen-Tannoudji C. and Dalibard J., " Laser Cooling below the Doppler Limit by Polarization Gradients: Simple Theoretical Models ", J. Opt. Soc. Am. B, vol.  6, no. 11, 1989.

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