text: *Member of the US National Academy of Sciences (1998)
  *Member of Academia Sinica (1998)
  *Fellow of American Association for the Advancement of Science (2011)
  *Fellow of American Physics Society (1977)
  *Fellow of Optica (formerly OSA) (2009)
  *The Willis E. Lamb Award for Laser Science and Quantum Optics (2004)
  *The MRS Materials Theory Award (2019)
  *Humboldt Foundation Award (1978)
  *Guggenheim Fellowship (1983)