The 2012 Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics

Awarded January 5, 2012, at the 42nd Winter Colloquium on the Physics of Quantum Electronics.

Henry C. Kapteyn, University of Colorado

For pioneering contributions to ultrashort pulse generation with application to x-ray physics.

Margaret M. Murnane, University of Colorado

For pioneering contributions to ultrashort pulse generation with applications to molecular physics.

Jorge G. Rocca, Colorado State University

For seminal contributions and investigations in the field of tabletop x-ray laser physics.

Henry Kapteyn	Margaret Murnane	Jorge Rocca

Kapteyn photo copyright © Glenn Asakawa/University of Colorado. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Murnane photo copyright © Ken Abbott/University of Colorado. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

Rocca photo provided by Colorado State University. All rights reserved. Used with permission.

• Kapteyn/Murnane Group at JILA/University of Colorado.