I. I. Rabi Prize

This article is about an award given by the American Physical Society. For the similarly named award given by the IEEE, see I. I. Rabi Award.
I. I. Rabi Prize
Awarded forOutstanding research in atomic, molecular, and optical physics
CountryUnited States
Presented byAmerican Physical Society
Reward$10,000
First award1991
Websitewww.aps.org/funding-recognition/prize/rabi


The I. I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics is given by the American Physical Society to recognize outstanding work by mid-career researchers in the field of atomic, molecular, and optical physics. The award was endowed in 1989 in honor of the physicist I. I. Rabi and has been awarded biannually since 1991.

The prize citation reads:

"To recognize and encourage outstanding research in Atomic, Molecular and Optical Physics by investigators who have held a Ph.D. for no more than 10 years prior to the nomination deadline. The prize consists of $10,000 and a certificate citing the contributions made by the recipient. An allowance will be provided for travel expenses of the recipient to the Society meeting at which the prize is presented. It is awarded in odd-numbered years."[1]

Recipients

I. I. Rabi Prize Laureates

Source:[2]

Year Laureate(s) Citation
1991 Chris H. Greene For his many contributions to atomic and molecular theory including studies of resonance vibronic processes, multiple electron excitations, photo-absorption in external fields, and threshold effects of long range forces.
1993 Timothy E. Chupp For his contributions to the development of high density polarized noble gases by spin exchange with optically pumped alkali atoms and in particular for his leadership and use of polarized 3He as a target for fundamental experiments in nuclear physics.
1995 Randall G. Hulet For his contributions to a broad range of important problems in atomic and optical physics including cavity quantum electrodynamics, quantum jumps, ion storage, and laser cooling of atoms.
1997 Eric Allin Cornell and Wolfgang Ketterle For achieving Bose-Einstein condensation of an atomic gas and for creating techniques for studying the Bose condensate.
1999 Mark G. Raizen For his pioneering advances in the experimental study of atom optics and insightful connections to chaotic dynamics, condensed matter physics, and dissipative quantum systems.
2001 Christopher Monroe For his pivotal experiments that implemented quantum logic using trapped atomic ions and for his studies of coherence and decoherence in entangled quantum systems.
2003 Mark A. Kasevich For developing atom interferometer inertial sensors with unprecedented precision and pioneering studies of Bose-Einstein condensates.
2005 Deborah Jin
2007 Jun Ye For advances in precision measurement, including techniques for stabilizing and measuring optical frequencies, controlling the phase of femtosecond laser pulses, and measuring molecular transitions.
2009 Mikhail Lukin For pioneering theoretical and experimental work at the interface between quantum optics, quantum information processing, and the quantum many body problem.
2011 Cheng Chin For pioneering work in strongly interacting Fermi gas and few body physics including the discovery of the Efimov effect.
2013 Markus Greiner For seminal contributions to the field of ultracold atoms, including the observation of the superfluid-to-Mott-insulator transition and the development of imaging techniques with single-atom resolution.
2015 Ian Spielman For the development of quantum simulations using ultra-cold atoms, creation of synthetic electromagnetic fields, and demonstration of synthetic spin-orbit coupling.
2017 Martin Zwierlein For seminal studies of ultracold Fermi gases, including precision measurements of the equation of state and the observation of superfluidity.
2019 Kang-Kuen Ni For seminal work on ultracold molecules, including contributions to understanding chemical reactions in the quantum regime and deterministic creation of individual molecules with optical tweezers.
2021 Monika Schleier-Smith For seminal work in quantum optics and discoveries at the intersection of AMO, condensed matter, and quantum information.
2023 Adam M. Kaufman For seminal developments in optical tweezer arrays and clocks based on alkaline earth atoms.
2025 Norman Ying Yao For pioneering contributions to broad areas of atomic, molecular, and optical physics, including quantum information, metrology, and many-body physics.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b American Physical Society. "I. I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics". Retrieved July 22, 2019.
  2. ^ American Physical Society. "I. I. Rabi Prize in Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics". Retrieved 11 February 2026.
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