To be awarded January 7, 2026, at the 55th Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics.

Weng  W. Chow, Sandia National Laboratories (bio)

For pioneering work in the many body physics of semiconductor lasers.

Richard B. Miles, Texas A&M University (bio)

For path breaking research on the laser diagnostics of aerodynamic plasmas.

Jun Ye, NIST & University of Colorado, Boulder (bio)

For ground breaking research in atomic clock physics.