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Federico Capasso

Italian applied physicist (1949-) · Italy · Scientists

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Federico Capasso is an Italian-American applied physicist and is one of the inventors of the quantum cascade laser during his work at Bell Laboratories. He is currently on the faculty of Harvard University.

A life in dates

2023Clarivate Citation LaureatesAward2021Frederic Ives MedalAward2018Enrico Fermi PrizeAward2016Balzan PrizeAward2013SPIE Gold MedalAward2011Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paris-VIIAward2010Berthold Leibinger ZukunftspreisAward2004Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser ScienceAwardEdison MedalAward2002Dennis Gabor Medal and PrizeAward2000Willis E. Lamb AwardAward1998William Streifer Scientific Achievement AwardAward1995MRS Medal AwardAward1991IEEE David Sarnoff AwardAward1949Born

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Awards

Clarivate Citation Laureates2023
Frederic Ives Medal2021
Matteucci Medal2019
Enrico Fermi Prize2018
Balzan Prize2016
Rumford Prize2015
SPIE Gold Medal2013
Honorary Doctorate from the University of Paris-VII2011
Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis2010
King Faisal International Prize in Science2005
Edison Medal2004
Arthur L. Schawlow Prize in Laser Science2004
Dennis Gabor Medal and Prize2002
R. W. Wood Prize2001
Willis E. Lamb Award2000
William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award1998
John Price Wetherill Medal1997
MRS Medal Award1995
IEEE David Sarnoff Award1991
Fellow of the American Physical Society
Humboldt Prize
IEEE Fellow
Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
Newcomb Cleveland Prize

About this person

Country
Italy
Category
Scientists
Type
Scientist
Status
living
Dates
Born 1949 · age 77

In common with Federico

Gérard MourouBoth received Berthold Leibinger ZukunftspreisAli JavanBoth received Willis E. Lamb AwardGuido TonelliBoth received Enrico Fermi PrizeZhong Lin WangBoth received MRS Medal AwardEli YablonovitchBoth received R. W. Wood PrizePaul CorkumBoth received Frederic Ives Medal

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