A New Quantum Revolution?: Bern, 14.11.2013 Forum (pdf)
France
Alain Aspect
2013 Balzan Prize for Quantum Information Processing and Communication
For his pioneering experiments which led to a striking confirmation of quantum mechanics as opposed to local hidden-variable theories. His work has opened the way to the experimental control of entangled quantum states, the essential element of quantum information processing.
From the Einstein-Bohr Debate to Quantum Information: a New Quantum Revolution?