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.

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

Recipients

* 2025 - Fiorenzo Omenetto
* 2024 - Rick Trebino
* 2023 - Alexandra Boltasseva
* 2022 - Shanhui Fan
* 2021 -
* 2020 - John Michael Dudley
* 2019 - Jian-Wei Pan
* 2018 -
* 2017 - Michal Lipson
* 2016 -
* 2015 - Peter J. Nordlander
* 2015 - Naomi Halas
* 2014 -
* 2013 - Milton Feng
* 2012 - Eric Van Stryland
* 2012 -
* 2011 - Demetrios N. Christodoulides
* 2010 -
* 2010 - Margaret Murnane
* 2009 - Paul G. Kwiat
* 2008 - Andrew M. Weiner
* 2008 -
* 2007 - Bahram Jalali
* 2006 - Alexander Efros
* 2006 - Aleksey Ekimov
* 2006 - Louis E. Brus
* 2005 - Masataka Nakazawa
* 2004 - Rangaswamy Srinivasan
* 2004 - James J. Wynne
* 2004 - Samuel E. Blum
* 2003 -
* 2002 -
* 2001 - Federico Capasso
* 2000 - Marvin Minsky
* 2000 -
* 2000 -
* 1999 - Eric A. Cornell
* 1999 - Carl Wieman
* 1998 - Robert L. Byer
* 1998 -
* 1997 -
* 1996 - Eli Yablonovitch
* 1995 - Gérard Mourou
* 1994 -
* 1993 -
* 1993 - LeGrand Van Uitert
* 1992 - Yuri N. Denisyuk
* 1991 -
* 1991 - Richard M. Osgood
* 1991 -
* 1990 -
* 1989 -
* 1988 -
* 1988 - David A. B. Miller
* 1987 - David E. Aspnes
* 1986 -
* 1986 -
* 1985 - David H. Auston
* 1984 - Otto Wichterle
* 1983 -
* 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

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Awards of Optica (society)