text: *James Joyce Award (2009)
  *Carl Friedrich von Siemens Prize (2006)
  *Rudolf Diesel Gold Medal (2006)
  *Ioannes Marcus Marci Medal (2006)
  *Bambi Award (2005)
  *Otto Hahn Prize (2005)
  *I. I. Rabi Award (2005)
  *Nobel Prize in Physics (2005)
  *Matteucci Medal (2002)
  *SUNAMCO Medal (2001)
  *Philip Morris Research Prize (1998, 2000)
  *Arthur L. Schawlow Award (2000)
  *Stern-Gerlach Medal (2000)
  *Arthur L. Schawlow Prize (1996)
  *Einstein Prize for Laser Science (1995)
  *King Faisal International Prize 1989)
  *Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Prize(1989)
  *Italgas Prize for Research and Innovation (1987)
  *Michelson Medal (1986)
  *William F. Meggers Award (1985)
  *Herbert P. Broida Prize (1983)
  *Comstock Prize in Physics (1983)
  *Otto Klung Prize (1980)