The 2017 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics

Awarded January 11th, 2017, at the 47th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics.

Naomi Halas, Rice University

For groundbreaking work in nano-bio-photonics.

Mikhail Lukin, Harvard University

For field opening contributions to quantum optics, quantum informatics and quantum biology.

Rainer Weiss, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (bio)

For pioneering the laser gravitational wave detector.

Naomi Halas	Mikhail Lukin	Rainer Weiss

Halas photo provided by Prof. Halas, 2016. Used with permission.
Lukin photo provided by Prof. Lukin, 2020. Used with permission.
Weiss photo provided by Prof. Weiss, 2020. Used with permission.