Frederic Ives Medal

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optics award science award

The Frederic Ives Medal is a prestigious award in the field of optics, presented by the Optical Society of America to honor outstanding contributions to the science of optics.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Frederic Ives Medal canonical	2
Frederic Ives Medal / Jarus W. Quinn Prize	1
Optica Frederic Ives Medal	1

Statements (40)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	optics award ⓘ science award ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Frederic Ives Medal ⓘ surface form: Frederic Ives Medal / Jarus W. Quinn Prize
associatedOrganization	Optica ⓘ Optical Society of America ⓘ
awardCategory	science and technology ⓘ
awardedFor	outstanding contributions to the science of optics ⓘ overall distinction in optics ⓘ
awardingBodyField	optics and photonics ⓘ
awardingBodyType	professional society ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
discipline	optical science ⓘ physical sciences ⓘ
eligibility	engineers in optics ⓘ scientists in optics ⓘ
field	optics ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasComponent	medal ⓘ monetary prize ⓘ
hasWebsite	https://www.optica.org ⓘ
inception	1928 ⓘ
namedAfter	Frederic Eugene Ives ⓘ
namedForOccupation	pioneer in photography and halftone printing ⓘ
notableRecipient	Amnon Yariv ⓘ Arthur Leonard Schawlow ⓘ surface form: Arthur L. Schawlow Bahaa E. A. Saleh ⓘ Charles Hard Townes ⓘ surface form: Charles H. Townes Charles Kuen Kao ⓘ surface form: Charles K. Kao Emil Wolf ⓘ James P. Gordon ⓘ Joseph W. Goodman NERFINISHED ⓘ Malvin Carl Teich ⓘ Nicholas George ⓘ Stephen A. Benton NERFINISHED ⓘ Tingye Li ⓘ
presentedBy	Optica ⓘ Optical Society of America ⓘ
scope	international ⓘ
sponsor	Optica ⓘ Optical Society of America ⓘ

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Input

Subject: Frederic Ives Medal
Description of subject: The Frederic Ives Medal is a prestigious award in the field of optics, presented by the Optical Society of America to honor outstanding contributions to the science of optics.

Referenced by (4)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gerhard Herzberg → awardReceived → Frederic Ives Medal ⓘ

Eli Yablonovitch → awardReceived → Frederic Ives Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Optica Frederic Ives Medal

Emil Wolf → awardReceived → Frederic Ives Medal ⓘ

Frederic Ives Medal → alsoKnownAs → Frederic Ives Medal ⓘ

this entity surface form: Frederic Ives Medal / Jarus W. Quinn Prize