«For contributions to the understanding of coherence and coherent states and the extension of optical methods to an analysis of high energy scattering processes»

«For his outstanding seminal contributions to the theory of wave propagation through random media, particularly optical propagation through atmospheric turbulence, as well as for his fundamental contributions to the fields of statistical and quantum optics»

«For many contributions to photon statistics of lasers, cooperative atomic radiation effects, and laser instabilities and chaos»

«For many original contributions to the field of quantum optics, including the definitive experiments on photon anti-bunching and a quantitative analysis of optical bistability»

«For his seminal contributions to the discovery and theoretical understanding of optical phase conjugation»

«For his outstanding and leading theoretical contributions to quantum optics, especially in the fields of quantum computation, quantum communications and networking, and Bose-Einstein condensation»

«For fundamental contributions to quantum optics, including experiments on the violation of Bell inequalities in atomic radiative cascade, and the manipulation of atoms by laser light»

«For his pioneering contributions in the field of optics and optoelectronics of semiconductors and their heterostructures»

«For contributions to theoretical and experimental research in basonic and fermionic squeezed states, back-action evading measurements, microwave radiation squeezing, Josephson parametric amplifiers, and the theory of local reality violations»

«For pioneering the field of stable lasers, including their applications in fundamental physics and, most recently, in the stabilization of femtosecond lasers to provide dramatic advances in optical-frequency metrology»

«For outstanding theoretical contributions to quantum optics through the understanding of quantum fluctuations, especially in the open systems of resonance fluorescence and cavity QED»

«For creative application of light to new forms of spectroscopy, to manipulation and trapping of atoms, and for pioneering the new fields of atom optics and atom interferometry»

«For seminal contributions to nonlinear interface and optical bistability effects, hysteretic resonances of a single electron, and physics of sub-femtosecond pulses»

«For outstanding experimental contributions to quantum optics in squeezed state generation, in microcavity lasers, and in optical pulse propagation through periodic and nonlinear media»

«For pioneering theoretical contributions to the fields of optical bistability and instabilities, optical pattern formation, cavity solitons, squeezing and quantum imaging»

«For exceptional contributions to the fields of theoretical optics, laser physics and quantum mechanics, and for dissemination of scientific knowledge through authorship of a series of outstanding books»

«For groundbreaking contributions in the field of optical spatial solitons»

«For seminal contributions to both the theoretical framework and the experimental realization of optical metamaterials»

«For seminal contributions in quantum optics and information theory, including the foundations of quantum noise, the role of entanglement in quantum information processing, and the fundamental limits of quantum measurement»

«For groundbreaking theoretical work on atom-light interactions, including the elucidation of new laser cooling mechanisms, and for seminal experimental work on the optical manipulation of cold atoms and quantum gasses»

«For seminal contributions in nonlinear and quantum optics, among them the first observation of optical discrete solitons, the prediction of spatio-temporal solitons and light bullets, pioneering experiments with temporal shaping of entangled photons and quantum control, and groundbreaking work in nonlinear microscopy»

«For creative and outstanding theoretical and experimental research in the fields of photonic crystals and left-handed metamaterials, and for novel applications of these materials to manipulate electromagnetic radiation»

«For numerous contributions to nanophotonics, including pioneering the "numerical experiments" approach for nanophotonics»

«For the experimental realization of major theoretical predictions in the field of metamaterials and graphene optics»

«For contributions to optics and especially to optical momentum, including the optical spanner, the use of orbital angular momentum in communication systems, and an angular form of the Einstein-Podolsky-Rosen paradox»

«For founding the field of Parity-Time non-Hermitian Optics and of the field of Accelerating Waves, and leading them ever since, and for groundbreaking contributions in multiple areas in Physical Optics»

«For sustained distinguished contributions to physical optics through innovative research on lasers, fiber-optical communications and nonlinear optics»

«For pioneering contributions to optical metamaterials and nanoscale optics»

«For pioneering work in ultrafast laser science and attosecond physics, realizing and understanding high-harmonic generation and applying it to time-resolved imaging of electron motion in atoms and molecules»

«For pioneering and ground-breaking research in nonlinear metamaterials and all-dielectric resonant meta­photonics that derives unique optical functionalities from electric and magnetic dipolar and multipolar Mie-type resonances underpinning new discoveries in nonlinear and topological nanophotonics»

«For seminal contributions to the fields of plasmonics, electromagnetism and topological photonics»

«For pioneering contributions to linear, nonlinear and nonreciprocal photonic metamaterials»

«For pioneering concepts of coherent perfect absorption and reflectionless scattering modes, comprising a general theory of reflectionless scattering in optics, and for seminal contributions to laser theory of complex microcavities»