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Optical Society of America Confers Honors

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The Optical Society of America in Washington has honored 20 individuals with its annual awards, which recognize exceptional achievement in optics and photonics. It determined that the work done by each recipient in his or her area of expertise has had a significant impact in the field of optics. Among the winners is Erich P. Ippen, who received the Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Endowment, the highest award bestowed by the society for overall distinction in optics. A professor of electrical engineering and physics at MIT in Cambridge, Mass., Ippen is recognized for laying the...Read full article

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