The Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids is a prize that has been awarded every second year by the

American Physical Society The American Physical Society (APS) is a not-for-profit membership organization of professionals in physics and related disciplines, comprising nearly fifty divisions, sections, and other units. Its mission is the advancement and diffusion of k ...

since 1980. The recipient is chosen for "''outstanding optical research that leads to breakthroughs in the

condensed matter Condensed matter physics is the field of physics that deals with the macroscopic and microscopic physical properties of matter, especially the solid and liquid phases which arise from electromagnetic forces between atoms. More generally, the su ...

sciences.''". The prize is named after Frank Isakson, and as of 2007 it is valued at $5,000.

Recipients

Source
American Physical Society
* 2020: Robert W. Boyd and Vladimir M. Shalaev * 2018:

Andrea Cavalleri Andrea Cavalleri (born 1969) is an Italian physicist who specializes in optical science and in condensed matter physics. He is the founding director of the in Hamburg, Germany and a professor of Physics at the University of Oxford. He was awarde ...

and Keith A. Nelson * 2016: David Burnham Tanner and Dirk van der Marel * 2014:

Naomi Halas Naomi J. Halas is the Stanley C. Moore Professor in Electrical and Computer Engineering, and Professor of biomedical engineering, chemistry and physics at Rice University. She is also the founding director of Rice University Laboratory for Nanopho ...

, 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 James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a Major-general (United Kingdom), major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the Kingdom of France, French ...

* 2002: James W. Allen and Thomas Timusk * 2000:

Paul Linford Richards Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Chris ...

* 1998:

Yuen-Ron Shen Yuen-Ron Shen () is a Chinese physicist. He is a professor emeritus of physics at the University of California, Berkeley, known for his work on non-linear optics. He was born in Shanghai and graduated from National Taiwan University. He received ...

* 1996:

David E. Aspnes David Erik Aspnes (born 1 May 1939 in Madison, Wisconsin) is an American physicist and a member of the National Academy of Sciences (1998). Aspnes developed fundamental theories of the linear and nonlinear optical properties of materials and th ...

* 1994: Anant K. Ramdas * 1992: Paul A. Fleury * 1990: Miles V. Klein * 1988: Albert J. Sievers * 1986:

Elias Burstein Elias Burstein (September 30, 1917 – June 17, 2017) was an American experimental condensed matter physicist whose active career in science spanned seven decades. He is known for his pioneering fundamental research in the optical physics of ...

* 1984: Manuel Cardona * 1982:

Jan Tauc Jan Tauc (; 15 April 1922 – 28 December 2010) was a Czech-American physicist who introduced the concepts of Tauc gap and Tauc plot to the optical characterization of solids. Born in Bohemia, he emigrated to the United States in 1969, where he re ...

* 1980: David L. Dexter

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Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids
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