The Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids is a prize that has been awarded every second year by the American Physical Society since 1980. The recipient is chosen for "outstanding optical research that leads to breakthroughs in the condensed matter sciences.". The prize is named after Frank Isakson, and as of 2007 it is valued at $5,000.

Recipients

Source: American Physical Society

2022: Manfred Fiebig

2020: Robert W. Boyd and Vladimir M. Shalaev

2018: Andrea Cavalleri and Keith A. Nelson

2016: David Burnham Tanner and Dirk van der Marel

2014: Naomi Halas, Peter Nordlander, and Tony Heinz

2012: Dmitri Basov

2010: Duncan G. Steel

2008: Joseph Orenstein and Zeev Valentine Vardeny

2006: Roberto Merlin

2004: James Wolfe

2002: James W. Allen and Thomas Timusk

2000: Paul Linford Richards

1998: Yuen-Ron Shen

1996: David E. Aspnes

1994: Anant K. Ramdas

1992: Paul A. Fleury

1990: Miles V. Klein

1988: Albert J. Sievers

1986: Elias Burstein

1984: Manuel Cardona

1982: Jan Tauc

1980: David L. Dexter

See also

List of physics awards

External links

Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids, American Physical Society

Awards of the American Physical Society

Condensed matter physics awards

Frank Isakson Prize