Guggenheim-stipendiet
[7]Nobelprisen i fysikk (
1981) (sammen med:
Arthur Leonard Schawlow,
Kai Siegbahn)
[8][9]Frederic Ives-medaljen (
1979)
[10]Stuart Ballantine-medaljen (
1961)
[11]Lorentz-medaljen (
1978)
Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize (
1958)
[12]IEEEs æresmedalje (
1983)
[13]National Medal of Science (
1974)
Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics (
1983)
[14]Humboldt Research Fellowship
IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (
1959)
[15]Fellow of the American Physical Society
Æresdoktor ved université Laval (
1987)
[16]Humboldtprisen
Fellow of the Optical Society
Bijvoet Medal (
2001)