The Esther Beller Hoffman Medal is an award given by The Optical Society that recognizes outstanding contributions by individuals around the world to the fields of optical science and engineering education. The award was established in 1993 and past winners include Emil Wolf, Anthony E. Siegman, Ulrich Lemmer and Eric Mazur.
Recipients
2026 Imrana Ashraf 2025 Peter E. Andersen and Stefan Andersson-Engels 2024 Anurag Sharma 2023 Harold Metcalf 2022 Julie L. Bentley 2021 Nicholas Massa 2020 Julio César Gutiérrez Vega 2019 Rick Trebino 2018 Ulrich Lemmer 2017 C. Martijn de Sterke 2016 Bishnu P. Pal 2015 Govind P. Agrawal 2014 Shin-Tson Wu 2013 Vasudevan Lakshminarayanan 2012 Judith F. Donnelly 2011 Stephen M. Pompea 2010 Eustace L. Dereniak 2009 Anthony E. Siegman 2008 Eric Mazur 2007 M. J. Soileau 2006 Sang Soo Lee 2005 Thomas K. Gaylord 2004 Janice A. Hudgings 2003 Ajoy K. Ghatak 2002 Emil Wolf 2001 Douglas S. Goodman 2000 Henry Stark 1999 Bahaa E. A. Saleh 1998 Amnon Yariv 1997 Hugh Angus Macleod 1996 Donald C. O'Shea 1995 Joseph W. Goodman 1993 Robert G. Greenler
See also List of physics awards
References