Subject Awards
Recipients of the Young medal and prize
2009
Professor Leslie Allen and Professor Miles Padgett
University of Glasgow
In recognition of their pioneering work on optical angular momentum.
Full citation
2008
Professor Patrick Gill
The National Physical Laboratory
For world leading contributions to optical-frequency metrology.
Full citation
2007
James Roy Taylor
Imperial College, London
For his contributions to the development of modern solid-state lasers.
2005
Philip St John Russell
University of Bath
;For his proposal of the concept of photonic crystal fibres and his outstanding contribution to their development and practical application.
2003
J Roy Sambles
2001
Stephen J Pennycook
1999
Peter Leonard Knight
1997
Keith Burnett
1995
John Gilroy Rarity and Paul Richard Tapster
1993
John Christopher Dainty
1991
Parameswaran Hariharan
1989
Leonard Mandel
1987
Rodney Loudon
1985
John David Lawson
1983
James Morris Burch
1981
Nicholas John Phillips
1979
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
1977
Robert Clark Jones
1975
Daniel Joseph Bradley
1973
Walter Thompson Welford
1971
Charles Gorrie Wynne
1969
Giuliano Toraldo di Francia
1967
Dennis Gabor
1965
André Maréchal
1963
Charles Hard Townes and Arthur Leonard Schawlow
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