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IEEE Photonics Society Laser Instrumentation Award

Recognizes key contributors to the field for developments of laser-based and electro-optical instruments, which lead to the development of innovative systems enabling major new measurements or process capabilities of relevance to applications in industrial, biomedical avionic and metrology fields.

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Nomination Period: April 15 – June 30

Nominators must complete a nominee submission by June 30 with the following:

  • Statement identifying the specific work or achievement to be recognized.
  • Description of the significant aspects of nominees’ career and technical accomplishment(s) that qualify Nominee for Award, including the impact of the work, as well as other related accomplishments; publications, patents, etc.
  • Proposed Award Citation: (Word Count: 20)
  • Nominee’s curriculum vita (Maximum of three pages)
  • Endorsements: A minimum of two, maximum of three endorsement letters are required and must be submitted by the endorsers by the nomination deadline. The nominator cannot be an endorser.

EXTENDED SUBMISSION DEADLINE:
June 30

About the Award

The IEEE Photonics Society Laser Instrumentation Award recognizes key contributors to the field for developments of laser-based and electro-optical instruments, which lead to the development of innovative systems enabling major new measurements or process capabilities of relevance to applications in industrial, biomedical avionic and metrology fields.

Presented to: An Individual or team, up to three in number

Scope: To recognize key contributors to the field for developments of laser-based and electro-optical instruments, which lead to the development of innovative systems enabling major new measurements or process capabilities of relevance to applications in industrial, biomedical avionic and metrology fields.

Prize: A Certificate and Honorarium

Basis for judging: The field(s) to be considered are classical and Self-Mixing Laser Interferometry, Optical Coherence Tomography, Digital Holography, Diffraction and Interference-based Measuring Devices like Particle Size Analyzers, Laser Interferometers, Optical Gyroscopes, and Laser Doppler Velocimeters, Measurements of distance and kinematic quantities, realized in either bulk-optics or integrated optics technologies. Measurements for the sole characterization of optical devices or fibers are not eligible.

Introducing Our Award Honorees

We are proud to recognize and celebrate honorees of the IEEE Photonics Society Laser Instrumentation Award. 

Our Most Recent Honorees

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Javier Garcia Monreal, 2023

For eminent impact to the field of laser based enhanced remote bio-sensing and its usage for photonic medical diagnosis.

Javier Garcia received his Ph.D. in Physics by the Universitat de Valencia in 1994. Nowadays, he is full Professor in Optics at the Universitat de Valencia, Spain. He has published over 200 papers on peer reviewed journals and he is the inventor of several commercialized patents. His background is in optical image processing, microscopy, interferometry, holography and Fourier optics. Aside from academy work he participates or has participated as founding partner in several startup companies (such as Cytolovue, Continuse Biometrics, Donisi) or key advisor in projects with private companies (such as EADS or PrimeSense) and he is currently engaged as scientific researcher at Donisi Health.

Aside of contributions in super resolved imaging and non linear optical systems, the main activity along the last years is centered in recording and analysis of biological parameters by optical methods, specially dynamic speckle photography. The activity comprehends optical system design and prototyping, as well as the development of algorithms for signal retrieval and clasificación.

 

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Zeev Zalevsky, 2023

For eminent impact to the field of laser based enhanced remote bio-sensing and its usage for photonic medical diagnosis.

Zeev Zalevsky received his B.Sc. and direct Ph.D. degrees in electrical engineering from Tel-Aviv University in 1993 and 1996 respectively. Zeev is currently a full Professor and the Dean of the faculty of engineering in Bar-Ilan University, Israel. His major fields of research are optical super resolution, biomedical optics, nano-photonics and fiber-based processing and sensing architectures. Zeev has published more than 6000 peer review papers, 350 proceeding papers, 9 books, 34 book chapters and about 100 patents. Zeev gave more than 600 conference presentations with more than 250 invited/keynote or plenary talks. For his research he received many national and international prizes. Zeev is a fellow of many large scientific societies such as IEEE, SPIE, Optica and more. Zeev is also a fellow of AIMBE and of the American national academy of inventors (NAI).

View All Award Winners

YearAward WinnerCitation
2022Franz X. KärtnerFor development and commercialization of femtosecond pulsed optical timing distribution systems for large-scale science facilities.
2021

Scott Diddams

Andrew ‘AJ Metcalf

Conner Fredrick

For development, deployment, and operation of an electro-optic laser frequency comb that enables the most precise near-infrared astronomical Doppler spectroscopy.
2020Juergen CzarskeFor pioneering and sustained contributions to laser Doppler velocimetry, distance and kinematic instruments, and digital holographic sensing.