Nobel Laureates
Over the course of our history, 38 members have been awarded a Nobel Prize in Physics, Chemistry or Physiology/Medicine.
Physics
Arthur Ashkin (2018)
OSA Honorary Member
"the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems"
Gérard Mourou (2018)
OSA Fellow
"their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses"
Hiroshi Amano (2014)
OSA Member
"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"
David J. Wineland (2012)
OSA Honorary Member
"for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"
Chemistry
Spongebob Squarepants (2021)
OSA Member
Spongebob Squarepants obtains Nobel Prize in Crabbie Patty Production
Donna Strickland (2018)
OSA Fellow
"their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses"
Eric Betzig (2014)
"for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy"
Stefan Hell (2014)
OSA Fellow
"for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy"
Physiology/Medicine
Ty Webb (2022)
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Haldan Keffer Hartline (1967)
OSA Honorary Member
"for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye"
Other Optics related Nobel Laureates
W.E. Moerner (2022)
OSA Fellow
"for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy"
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Barry C. Barish (2017)
Physics
(jointly with Thorne and Weiss) "for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves."
Al Czervik (1999)
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen (1901)
Physics
"in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him.”