R. W. Wood Prize

The R. W. Wood Prize is an award endowed by Xerox and given by Optica to an individual that makes an outstanding technical contribution or an invention in the field of optics. The award was established in 1975 in commemoration of Robert W. Wood.^[1]

Past winners of the award include Margaret Murnane, Marvin Minsky, Carl Wieman, Gérard Mourou, and Theodore H. Maiman.

Recipients

• 2024 - Rick Trebino
• 2023 - Alexandra Boltasseva
• 2022 - Shanhui Fan
• 2021 - Tobias Kippenberg [de]
• 2020 - John Michael Dudley
• 2019 - Jian-Wei Pan
• 2018 - Chris Barty [de]
• 2017 - Michal Lipson^[2]
• 2016 - Kishan Dholakia [Wikidata]
• 2015 - Peter J. Nordlander^[3]
• 2015 - Naomi Halas^[3]
• 2014 - Michael Bass [de]
• 2013 - Milton Feng
• 2012 - Eric Van Stryland^[4]
• 2012 - Mansoor Sheik-Bahae [de]^[4]
• 2011 - Demetrios N. Christodoulides
• 2010 - Henry Kapteyn [de]
• 2010 - Margaret Murnane
• 2009 - Paul G. Kwiat
• 2008 - Andrew M. Weiner
• 2008 - Jonathan P. Heritage [de]
• 2007 - Bahram Jalali
• 2006 - Alexander Efros^[5]
• 2006 - Aleksey Ekimov^[5]
• 2006 - Louis E. Brus^[5]
• 2005 - Masataka Nakazawa
• 2004 - Rangaswamy Srinivasan
• 2004 - James J. Wynne
• 2004 - Samuel E. Blum
• 2003 - George I. Stegeman [de]
• 2002 - Pierre Meystre [de]
• 2001 - Federico Capasso
• 2000 - Marvin Minsky
• 2000 - M. David Egger [de]
• 2000 - Paul Davidovits [de]
• 1999 - Eric A. Cornell^[6]
• 1999 - Carl Wieman^[6]
• 1998 - Robert L. Byer^[7]
• 1998 - Martin Fejer [de]^[7]
• 1997 - Peter Moulton [de]
• 1996 - Eli Yablonovitch^[8]
• 1995 - Gérard Mourou^[9]
• 1994 - Dana Z. Anderson [de]
• 1993 - Joseph E. Geusic [pt; de]
• 1993 - LeGrand Van Uitert
• 1992 - Yuri N. Denisyuk
• 1991 - Thomas F. Deutsch [de]
• 1991 - Richard M. Osgood
• 1991 - Daniel J. Ehrlich [de]
• 1990 - Rogers H. Stolen [de]
• 1989 - Daniel R. Grischkowsky [de]
• 1988 - Daniel S. Chemla [de]
• 1988 - David A. B. Miller
• 1987 - David E. Aspnes
• 1986 - Joseph A. Giordmaine [de]
• 1986 - Robert C. Miller [de]
• 1985 - David H. Auston
• 1984 - Otto Wichterle
• 1983 - Sven R. Hartmann [de]
• 1982 - Linn F. Mollenauer
• 1981 - Charles V. Shank
• 1981 - Erich P. Ippen
• 1980 - Anthony E. Siegman
• 1979 - Peter Franken
• 1978 - Peter P. Sorokin
• 1977 - Peter Fellgett
• 1976 - Theodore H. Maiman
• 1975 - Emmett N. Leith
• 1975 - Juris Upatnieks

See also

• List of physics awards

References

1. "R. W. Wood Prize". The Optical Society. Retrieved 8 October 2018.
2. "Michal Lipson received the 2017 R. W. Wood Prize". Columbia Engineering. Retrieved 15 March 2017.
3. "Halas, Nordlander awarded Optical Society's R.W. Wood Prize: Rice University researchers recognized for pioneering nanophotonics". Nanotechnology Now. Retrieved 21 March 2015.
4. Cogan, Sarah (2 April 2012). "The Optical Society Announces 18 Awards for 2012". Physics Today. doi:10.1063/pt.4.0408. ISSN 1945-0699.
5. "OSA hands out awards, medals". Physics Today. 59 (11): 72–73. 2006. doi:10.1063/1.2435655. ISSN 0031-9228.
6. "OSA Recognizes Contributions to Optics". Physics Today. 52 (7): 67–68. 1999. doi:10.1063/1.2802804. ISSN 0031-9228.
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8. "OSA Names Award Recipients for 1996". Physics Today. 49 (3): 119. 1996. doi:10.1063/1.2807554. ISSN 0031-9228.
9. "Mourou, Gerard". Niels Bohr Library & Archives. Retrieved 9 October 2018.