Frank Isakson Prize for Optical Effects in Solids

Organizer

American Physical Society

Why it counts

Awarded every second year by the American Physical Society (APS) since 1980 for outstanding optical research that leads to breakthroughs in the condensed matter sciences; named for Frank Isakson

Held

biennial, biennial (even years); recipients announced by the APS in October of the preceding year, presented at the APS March Meeting / Global Physics Summit in March; year = prize year

Reigning winners

Isakson Prize recipient · 2026

• Junichiro Kono source 1 · source 2