DAVID
AWSCHALOM NAMED AS JOINT RECIPIENT OF THE IUPAP MAGNETISM PRIZE FOR 2003DAVID
AWSCHALOM NAMED AS JOINT RECIPIENT OF THE IUPAP MAGNETISM PRIZE FOR 2003Professor Awschalom is a recipient of the IUPAP 2003 Magnetism Prize. This prestigious award will be presented in Rome, at the International Conference on Magnetism to be held from 27 July - 1st August 2003.
The citation is as follows: The IUPAP Magnetism Prize for 2003 is awarded to Gabriel Aeppli (UK), David Awschalom (USA), and Hideo Ohno (Japan) for their outstanding achievements in magnetism of quantum electron systems. Aeppli has pioneered the study of magnetic correlations by neutron scattering, demonstrating the ubiquity of antiferromagnetic correlations in paramagnets and superconductors; Awschalom has done ground-breaking work with femtosecond optical methods to reveal both spatial and temporal aspects of spin dynamics in a broad variety of semiconductors: Ohno has developed new types of ferromagnetic semiconductors which have facilitated some key aspects of spin electronics.
Information about the IUPAP prize:
The role that IUPAP plays:
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Physics (IUPAP) was established in 1922 in Brussels with 13 Member countries
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IUPAP-Sponsored Awards
The IUPAP Prize in Magnetism, established by the International Commission on Magnetism, is given no more than once every three years, and has been awarded most recently to:
1991 to Professor A. J. Freeman;
1994 to Drs A. Fert and P. Grunberg;
1997 to Professor R. J. Birgeneau.
Updated 6 January 2003.
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