The famous Carcassonne dweller

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Biography

Contribution to the world science

Achievements & awards

References

OWERVIEW

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He was elected to the French Academy of Sciences (2004)

Now he’s 76 years old

He’s author of 7 books about physics

He’s an emeritus professor at Université Paris-Sud in Orsay

Albert Fert was born 7 March 1938

His father –professor of physicsat university

His mother –professor of economics at lyceum

Biography

During the WW2 his father, Charles Fert, was captured by German troops and released in June 1945

During the occupation Albert and his brother lived in Toulouse with their grandparents

After the war the family reunited in Toulousewhere Albert went to school

Influenced by father, he was interested in physics and maths, but also loved literature, artsand rugby

During the studies Fert prepared himself for exams in the École Normale Supérieure in Paris

He was admitted in 1957. There he studied physics and was engaged in photography, cinema and jazz

Albert Fert graduated in 1962

L’École normale supérieure

He received his Ph.D. (doctorat de troisième cycle) and his

Sc.D. (doctorat des sciences)in 1963 both from the Orsay

Faculty of Sciences of the University of Paris.

Contribution to the world science

In 1988 Fert discovered the Giant magnetoresistance effect (GMR) in multilayers of iron and chromium

One of the main applications of the GMR is magnetic field sensors, e.g. in:

hard disk drives

biosensors

detectors of oscillations in MEMS

Achievements and awards

American Physical Society's International Prize for New Materials (1994)

Grand prix de physique Jean Ricard of the French Physical Society (1994)

International Union of Pure and Applied Physics Magnetism Award (1994)

Hewlett-Packard Europhysics Prize (1997)

Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique Gold Medal (2003)

Wolf Prize in Physics (2006)

Japan Prize (2007)

Nobel Prize in Physics(2007)

http://www.amtc.ru/publications/articles/2084/?PAGEN_1=3

http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fert

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Fert

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Giant_magnetoresistance

References