Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science
Encyclopedia
The Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science is a prize that has been awarded annually by the American Physical Society
since 1991. The recipient is chosen for "outstanding contributions to basic research which uses laser
s to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light". The prize is named after Arthur L. Schawlow (1921–1999), laser pioneer and Nobel laureate, and as of 2007 it is valued at $10,000.
American Physical Society
The American Physical Society is the world's second largest organization of physicists, behind the Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft. The Society publishes more than a dozen scientific journals, including the world renowned Physical Review and Physical Review Letters, and organizes more than 20...
since 1991. The recipient is chosen for "outstanding contributions to basic research which uses laser
Laser
A laser is a device that emits light through a process of optical amplification based on the stimulated emission of photons. The term "laser" originated as an acronym for Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation...
s to advance our knowledge of the fundamental physical properties of materials and their interaction with light". The prize is named after Arthur L. Schawlow (1921–1999), laser pioneer and Nobel laureate, and as of 2007 it is valued at $10,000.
Recipients
- 2009 Robert E. Field
- 2008 James Bergquist
- 2007 Szymon Suckewer
- 2006 Paul B. CorkumPaul CorkumPaul Corkum is a Canadian physicist specializing in attosecond physics and laser science. He holds a joint University of Ottawa–NRC chair in Attoseconds Photonics.-Life:...
- 2005 Marlan O. Scully
- 2004 Federico CapassoFederico CapassoFederico Capasso , a prominent applied physicist, was one of the inventors of the quantum cascade laser during his work at Bell Laboratories. He is currently on the faculty of Harvard University...
- 2003 David E. Pritchard
- 2002 Stephen E. Harris
- 2001 David J. Wineland
- 2000 Richard Neil Zare
- 1999 Carl E. Wieman
- 1998 William D. Phillips
- 1997 Charles V. Shank, Erich Peter Ippen
- 1996 Theodor W. Hänsch
- 1995 Richart E. SlusherRichart E. SlusherRichart Elliott Slusher is a Regents Researcher, a Principal Research Scientist at the Georgia Tech Research Institute, and the director of the Georgia Tech Quantum Institute.-Education:Slusher received a Ph.D...
- 1994 Steven ChuSteven ChuSteven Chu is an American physicist and the 12th United States Secretary of Energy. Chu is known for his research at Bell Labs in cooling and trapping of atoms with laser light, which won him the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1997, along with his scientific colleagues Claude Cohen-Tannoudji and...
- 1993 John L. HallJohn L. HallJohn Lewis "Jan" Hall is an American physicist, and Nobel laureate in physics. He shared one half of the 2005 Nobel Prize in Physics with Theodor W. Hänsch for his work in precision spectroscopy.-Biography:...
- 1992 Yuen-Ron ShenYuen-Ron ShenYuen-Ron Shen is a professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, known for his work on non-linear optics. He was born in Shanghai and graduated from National Taiwan University. He received his Ph.D. in Applied Physics from Harvard under physicist and Nobel Laureate...
- 1991 Peter P. SorokinP. P. SorokinPeter P. Sorokin is an American physicist and co-inventor of the dye laser. Sorokin and his colleague J. R. Lankard, at IBM Research Laboratories, used a ruby laser to excite a near infrared laser dye. Their report was quickly followed by that of F. P. Schäfer. In 1974 Sorokin received the Albert...
External links
- Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science, American Physical Society