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To recognize technical contributions in the fields of atomic and molecular frequency standards, time transfer, and frequency and time metrology.
$1,000, Certificate and “limited edition” original print
Funded by the IEEE Ultrasonics, Ferroelectrics, and Frequency Control Society.
At the annual Symposium on Frequency Control.
Named after Professor I. I. Rabi, first presented in 1983
Significant contribution of a technical nature as measured in part by: the degree of initiative, ingenuity and creativity displayed; the quality of the work and degree of success attained; and the overall importance of the work and the impact on frequency control and associated communities.
Should preferably be a member of IEEE and UFFC.
2024
For exceptional technical contributions, leadership, and service in the development of atomic instrumentation and the realization of the SI second.
2023
For exceptional technical contributions and leadership in the development of high accuracy atomic clocks for clock comparisons and tests of fundamental physics.
2022
For the development of the optical frequency comb and its application to precision measurement and fundamental physics
2021
For significant contributions to the development of optical clocks, including those using trapped ions, for state-of-the-art metrology and tests of fundamental physics.
2020
For pioneering technical contributions and engineering management leading to the development of the first commercial “chip-scale” atomic clock.
2019
For exceptional leadership in the design, development, and operation of cold-atom microwave atomic clocks.
2018
For the development of stable, reproducible, and accurate atomic clocks based on optical lattices, and the use of those clocks to probe fundamental atomic interactions and quantum many-body systems.
2017
For the development and application of optical frequency combs to precision atomic timing
2016
For his pioneering work on Chip-Scale Atomic Devices.
2015
For intellectual leadership, selection and measurement of resonator structures for implementation in high performance frequency sources, essential to the determination of atomic resonance.
2014
For most significant contributions to high precision frequency control and measurements, in particular to optical frequency chains, the invention of the phase-coherent optical frequency interval division technique and early groundwork and demonstration of optical frequency combs and their use for frequency synthesis.
2013
For outstanding contributions to the field of precise time keeping and time transfer, including pioneering research and development of GNSS time transfer, network time services, and the design of better time scales.
2012
For outstanding experimental and theoretical contributions to the understanding of optical pumping using spectral lamps and lasers for improvement in Rubidium frequency standards used in terrestrial and space-based navigation and timekeeping systems.
2011
For outstanding contributions to the field of atomic frequency standards, including pioneering research and development of optical frequency standards and their measurement.
2010
For decisive contributions to the development of optical clocks, of fs-laser spectroscopy, and to the refinement of frequency measurement into the 19th digit of precision.
2009
For seminal work on the time variation of fundamental constants and outstanding contributions to trapped ion clocks.
2008
For outstanding contributions to the invention and development of an optical lattice clock.
2007
For profound and continuing contributions to time and frequency metrology and the outstanding realization of single ion optical frequency standards.
For seminal contribution to optical frequency metrology with the development of ultra stable optical frequency standards and related femtosecond clockwork.
2006
For seminal contributions to laser spectroscopy and the realization of accurate optical frequency standards.
2005
For outstanding contributions to experimental quantum optics, precision spectroscopy, and optical frequency combs.
2004
For fundamental contributions to the development of ultra-high performance optical frequency standards, and for pioneering novel techniques and methods that enable the realization of optical standards and their applications in metrology.
2003
For outstanding contributions to the development, evaluation, and operation of primary frequency standards
2002
For profound and continuing contributions to the understanding and advancement of the science of accuracy evaluation in primary frequency standards.
2001
For outstanding contributions and scientific leadership in the development of a wide range of atomic clocks and oscillators supporting the U.S. space program.
2000
For outstanding achievement in the development of high performance gas cell rubidium frequency standards and for contributions to the understanding of frequency stability analysis.
1999
For outstanding contributions to the definition and the implementation of the concepts on which international time-keeping is based.
1998
For the first laser cooling of any atomic species and the demonstration of innovative methods for laser cooling of trapped ions, providing the foundation for the next generation of atomic frequency standards.
1997
For the development and manufacture of the hydrogen maser for precision timekeeping applications.
1996
For significant contributions to the improvement of the SI second through the realization of superior accuracy primary standards.
1995
For major contributions to the characterization of noise and other instabilities of local oscillators and their effects on atomic frequency standards.
1994
For his contributions to the application of quantum theory to the development of atomic frequency standards, and for this leadership in promoting the whole field and making it widely accessible to students and junior colleagues.
1993
For contributions to hydrogen maser technology and applications.
1992
For contributions and leadership in the development of the statistical theory, simulation and practical understanding of clock noise and the application of this understanding to the characterization of precision oscillators and atomic clocks.
1991
For contributions to significant improvements in the accuracy and stability of cesium beam frequency standards.
1990
For original contributions to the theoretical experimental foundations of microwave frequency standards and their metrology.
1989
For consistent technical and managerial contributions to the development of atomic cesium, rubidium and mercury ion frequency standards.
1988
For early development of worldwide clock synchronization through use of portable clocks; encouragement and support for the development of atomic frequency standards from their earliest days; and international leadership in the time and frequency community.
1987
For contributions to cesium atomic beam and quartz frequency standards.
1986
For his contributions to the development of atomic frequency standards, especially his scientific leadership, pioneering demonstration of the technology, and entrepreneurial initiative which led to the commercialization of atomic standards.
1985
For his contributions to the development of atomic frequency standards.
1984
For his contributions to the statistics of atomic clocks, measurement techniques, time scale and time coordination and distribution.
1983
For theoretical and experimental contributions to atomic beam resonance spectroscopy leading to the development of practical atomic frequency standards.