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DCMP Home   |   Prizes & Awards   |   Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids

Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids


To recognize outstanding optical research that leads to breakthroughs in the condensed matter sciences. The prize consists of $5,000, an allowance for travel to the meeting of the Society at which the prize is being presented and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. The prize is awarded biennially in even-numbered years as a memorial to Frank Isakson.

Deadline: Monday, July 1, 2013 

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2012 Recipient:

Dmitri Basov
University of California, San Diego

Basov


 Past Recipients:
2010: Duncan Steel
2008: Joseph Orenstein
Zeev Valentine Vardeny
2006: Roberto Merlin
2004: James Wolfe
2002: James W. Allen
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
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