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OSA Announces Honorary Members

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The Optical Society (OSA) has announced its 2017 Honorary Members. The recipients are David Jeffrey Wineland, 2012 Physics Nobel Laureate at the University of Oregon, and Amnon Yariv at California Institute of Technology. The 2017 Honorable Members were approved unanimously by the OSA Board of Directors. Honorary membership is the most distinguished of all OSA Member categories and is awarded to individuals who have made unique, seminal contributions to the field of optics. David Wineland (left) and Amnon Yariv (right) were elected as the 2017 Honorary Members of The Optical...Read full article

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    Published: November 2017
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