The Max Born Award is given by Optica (formerly the Optical Society of America) for outstanding contributions to physical optics and is named after Max Born, a physicist renowned for his foundational contributions to quantum mechanics and optics. The award was created to mark the centenary of Max Born's birth.
Recipients Source: The Optical Society
2026 Roberto Morandotti 2025 A. Douglas Stone 2024 Andrea Alu 2023 Marin Soljačić 2022 Yuri Kivshar 2021 Anne L'Huillier 2020 Nader Engheta 2019 Govind P. Agrawal 2018 Demetrios N. Christodoulides 2017 Miles J. Padgett 2016 Xiang Zhang 2015 John D. Joannopoulos 2014 Costas Soukoulis 2013 Yaron Silberberg 2012 Jean Dalibard 2011 Carlton M. Caves 2010 Vladimir M. Shalaev 2009 Mordechai Segev 2008 Peter W. Milonni 2007 Luigi Lugiato 2006 Richart Elliott Slusher 2005 Alexander E. Kaplan 2004 David E. Pritchard 2003 Howard Carmichael 2002 John L. Hall 2001 Bernard Yurke 2000 1999 Alain Aspect 1998 Peter Zoller 1997 Boris Zeldovich 1996 H. Jeffrey Kimble 1995 1994 1992 Rodney Loudon 1991 James P. Gordon 1990 1989 1988 Girish Saran Agarwal 1987 Emil Wolf 1986 Herch Moysés Nussenzveig 1985 Roy J. Glauber 1984 1983 Joseph W. Goodman 1982 Leonard Mandel
See also List of physics awards
References
External links Max Born Award, The Optical Society