Physics lab - Highlights 2018

The 2018 issue of the «Highlights» publication of the Laboratoire de Phy­sique gathers facts, events or research achievements of 2016 & 2017. This booklet gives a flavor of the different aspects of the engaging research environ­ment, and in particular the diversity and the novelty of some research pro­jects, signatures of the dynamism of the research atmosphere. This is only a partial selection of the research topics addressed in the Lab. Several members of the Lab have been awarded distinctions and prizes: D. Bartolo received the De Gennes prize, D. Le Tourneau the Palmes Aca­ démiques, L. Savary the F. Nevill Mott prize, while A. Bérut, R. Hamon, G. Michau were rewarded for their PhD. We present here their brief portraits. The involvement of the Laboratory in teaching has been especially empha­sized by the success of the ENS student team in the International Physicists' Tournament: the team, coached by N. Taberlet and N. Plihon and colleagues has won two successive French Championships and one World Title. Another richness of the Laboratoire can be found in its numerous internatio­nal links exemplified by the creation during these two years of two Labora­toire International Associé, with Chile and Norway.