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The 1999 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics |
Awarded January, 1999, at the 29th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics.
- Melvin Lax, City College of New York
- For his fundamental work on the quantum theory of the laser.
- Lorenzo Narducci, Drexel University
- For his contributions to the field of quantum fluctuations and quantum noise, particularly the quantum regression theorem applied to problems in modern quantum optics.
- Herbert Walther, Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik
- For his work on single-atom masers.
![[ Melvin Lax ]](images/lax-scaled-cut.jpg "Melvin Lax") |
![[ Lorenzo Narducci ]](images/narducci-cut-scaled-cut.jpg "Lorenzo Narducci") |
![[ Herbert Walther ]](images/walther-scaled-cut.jpg "Herbert Walther") |
| Melvin Lax | Lorenzo Narducci | Herbert Walther |
Lax photo copyright © 2002 Lucent Technologies. All rights reserved. Used with permission.
External Links:
- Obituary for Prof. Lax from Physics Today.
- Obituary for Prof. Narducci on the Optical Society's web site.
- Obituary for Prof. Walther on the Optical Society's web site.
- Drexel University press release mentioning Lorenzo Narducci's award
- Bell Labs press release mentioning Melvin Lax
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