Awards

Irwin was recognized "for the development of SQUID multiplexers used in large-format arrays of superconducting transition-edge sensors that have impacted such fields as particle physics, astronomy, materials analysis, cosmology, and nuclear physics."

Phillips was cited for having "launched an entirely new subfield of atomic, molecular and optical physics," as well as being the first federal employee to win the Nobel Prize for Physics for work done as part of his official duties. Phillips shared...

For seminal contributions to laser spectroscopy and the realization of accurate optical frequency standards.

For sustained leadership of the research and service programs of the Physics Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology.

For seminal contributions to the theory of semiconductor quantum dots and other complex quantum nanostructures and to nanooptics.

For seminal contributions to the field of Quantum Information Processing using trapped ions including the demonstration of high fidelity logic gates and the implementation and application of entangled states.

NIST Fellow William D. Phillips, 1997 Nobel Laureate in physics, is a distinguished recipient of a 2005 Presidential Rank Award for exceptional long-term accomplishments, the most prestigious award given to senior executives and senior professionals...

Hall shares the Nobel Prize with Hänsch "for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique."

For important contributions to the computation of the optical properties of solids from the infrared to the x-ray spectral regions.

For pioneering work on the measurement and control of cold atomic collisions by scattering resonances.

Pavel Kabos has been named a 2004 IEEE Fellow by the IEEE Board of Directors for outstanding accomplishments in science.

For insights into solid-state materials and the development of physical models that led to improved performance of electronic, magnetic, and optical materials.

For providing fundamental insights into the radiation and collisional properties of very highly charged ions through pioneering research with an Electron Beam Ion Trap (EBIT).

For contributions to superconducting materials and applied superconductivity.

For contributions to magnetic metrology for the characterization of superconductors.

Deborah Jin is a physicist who uses recent advances in atomic cooling to study the behavior of atoms near absolute zero. As a postdoctoral fellow, Jin participated in early demonstrations of Bose-Einstein condensation—a process in which a small...

He's harnessed the bizarre quantum world and made it do his bidding. A century after the discovery of quantum mechanics, physicists are still unsure what to make of it, but they are making things with it--machines that capitalize on particles'...

NIST'S First Century For one hundred years, scientists and engineers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology, formerly the National Bureau of Standards, have made broad-based and comprehensive contributions to chemical science and...

Award Citation For advancing next generation lithography by the discovery of deep, ultraviolet birefringence in calcium fluoride. Individual Award Zachary H. Levine Physicist Physical Measurement Laboratory

Cornell shared the prize with Wieman and with Massachusetts Institute of Technology physicist Wolfgang Ketterle, who also performed seminal work in BECs starting later in 1995.

Wineland was chosen "for an extraordinary range of pioneering studies combining trapped ions and lasers."

Typically, there will be one such lectureship annually for each of the principal subdisciplines of the Conferences, namely the Biological, Chemical, and Physical sciences. At its discretion, the Board may occasionally elect additional Alexander M...

For leadership in demonstrating x-ray tomography of integrated circuit interconnects with submicron resolution.

For definitive calculations of atomic collision processes, which have improved our understanding of photoassociation spectroscopy, dynamics of Bose-Einstein condensates, and effects of radiation retardation on atomic collisions.

For leadership in demonstrating x-ray tomography of integrated circuit interconnects with submicron resolution.