| 2005 |
Robert W. Field, MIT,
Just small enough |
| 2004 |
Watt Webb, Cornell University,
Spectroscopies as Biophysical Tools from MilliHz to
ExaHz |
| 2003 |
Britton Chance, University of Pennsylvania,
Novel Optical Methods For Brain Function and Cancer
Detection |
| 2002 |
Norman F. Ramsey, Harvard University,
Invention of oscillatory fields method and its application
in the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks |
| 2001 |
Steven Chu, Stanford University,
Development of optical trapping techniques including
optical tweezers |
| 2000 |
Daniel Kleppner, MIT, Contributions
to atomic physics and Bose-Einstein condensation of hydrogen |
| 1999 |
Theodor Hansch, Max Planck Institute
for Quantum Optics, Development of novel technologies
for accurate frequency measurement of atomic clocks |
| 1998 |
William Phillips, National Institute
of Standards and Technology, Development of methods
to cool and trap atoms with lasers |
| 1997 |
William Klemperer, Harvard University,
Contributions to understanding intramolecular dynamics
and interactions with high frequency resolution spectroscopic
techniques |
| 1996 |
Carl Lineberger, Univeristy of Colorado
& JILA, Pioneer in laser-based spectroscopic techniques
to study the structure and reactivity of gas-phase ions |
| 1995 |
Richard Zare, Stanford University,
Contributions to understanding chemical reactions using
laser spectroscopy to monitor state-to-state dynamics |
| 1994 |
Charles Townes, University of California
– Berkeley, Invention of the maser and laser and
pioneering work in microwave spectroscopy |
| 1993 |
Alexander Pines, University of California
– Berkeley, Pioneering research in NMR theory
and experiment and it application to chemistry and material
science |
| 1992 |
Takeshi Oka, University of Chicago,
Contributions in the fields of double-resonance and
multiphoton spectroscopy and the spectroscopy of interstellar
molecules |
