Médaille d'or du CNRS (
2009) (neste: Gérard Férey, forrige:
Jean Weissenbach)
[10][11]Nobelprisen i fysikk (
2012) (sammen med:
David J. Wineland)
[12][13]Herbert-Walther-prisen (
2010)
[14]Albert A. Michelson-medaljen (
1993)
Jean-Ricard Prize (
1983)
Gay-Lussac-Humboldt-prisen (
1991)
Charles Hard Townes Award (
2007)
[15]Dirac Medal for the Advancement of Physics (
2014)
[16]Senatets minnemedalje i sølv (
2013)
Einstein Prize for Laser Science (
1988)
Storoffiser av Æreslegionen (
2017)
[17][18]Fellow of the American Physical Society