2017 – Federico Capasso

DEDICATION: “for inventing the field of tailored band gap engineering leading to the demonstration of many novel IRMMW-THz solid-state devices, including both infrared and THz quantum cascade lasers, and for the equally novel concept of nanoscale metastructures leading to the demonstration of flat optics.”

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Winner: Federico Capasso

Year: 2017

Type of awards: Button Prize