Albert A. Michelson Medal
The Albert A. Michelson Medal was an award in physics from the Franklin Institute . It is named after Albert A. Michelson , specifically achievements in the areas in which Michelson researched (especially optics) were considered. It was awarded from 1968 to 1996.
Award winners
- 1968 Dennis Gábor
- 1969 Harold Eugene Edgerton
- 1971 Martin Ryle
- 1972 Herbert Friedman
- 1973 Jocelyn Bell-Burnell , Antony Hewish
- 1974 Peter Sorokin
- 1975 Irwin Shapiro
- 1977 Albert V. Crewe
- 1979 Richard George Brewer
- 1980 Emil Wolf
- 1981 Hermann Haken
- 1982 Robert Hanbury Brown , Richard Twiss ( intensity interferometer )
- 1983 Hyatt M. Gibbs
- 1985 Roy J. Glauber
- 1986 Theodor W. Hänsch
- 1987 Rodolfo Bonifacio , Luigi A. Lugiato (including optical bistability effects)
- 1990 Harry Jeffrey Kimble
- 1992 John W. Hardy ( Active Optics , Adaptive Optics )
- 1993 Serge Haroche , Herbert Walther
- 1996 William D. Phillips