William Streifer Scientific Achievement Award Winners
| Year | Award Winner | Citation |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | Paras N. Prasad | For pioneering contributions in multiphoton processes in molecular materials and developing technologies that advance biophotonics for multiphoton imaging and therapy. |
| 2020 | Peter J. Delfyett, Jr. | For pioneering contributions to semiconductor diode based ultrafast laser science and technology. |
| 2019 | Bahram Javidi | For transformative innovations on automated disease identification using field portable optical-imaging based bio-photonics sensors. |
| 2018 | Roland Ryf | For contributions to the understanding and development of Space-Division Multiplexing in optical fibers. |
| 2017 | Nader Engheta | For development of, and pioneering contributions to extreme-parameter metamaterials in optics and photonics. |
| 2016 | Ming C. Wu | For pioneering contributions in micro-opto-electro-mechanical systems (MOEMS). |
| 2015 | Vladimir Shalaev | For seminal contributions both to the theoretical framework and to the ground-breaking experimental realization of optical metamaterials. |
| 2014 | Gadi Eisenstein | For fundamental contributions to the dynamical properties of semiconductor lasers and amplifiers. |
| 2013 | Curtis R. Menyuk | For seminal advances in the fundamental understanding and mitigation of polarization effects in high-performance optical fiber communication systems. |
| 2012 | Qing Hu | For pioneering contribution in the development of high-temperature, high-power, and broadly tunable THz QCLs, and applications in imaging and sensing. |
| 2011 | Xi-Cheng Zhang | For exceptional contribution of terahertz (THz) air photonics, especially free-space coherent detection of ultra-broadband THz waves. |
| 2010 | Dieter Bimberg
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For demonstration of quantum dot lasers and pioneering contributions to semiconductor nanophotonics. |
| 2009 | Christopher Doerr | For pioneering research on highly functional integrated optical circuits based on arrayed waveguide grating routers and their implementation in advanced optical networks. |
| 2008 | Fumio Koyama | For contributions to vertical cavity surface emitting semiconductor lasers and dynamic single-mode semiconductor laser. |
| 2007 | Shun-Lien Chuang | For contributions to the development of the fundamental theories of strained quantum-well lasers and the physics of optoelectronics devices. |
| 2006 |
William H. Steier
Larry R. Dalton
Harold Fetterman
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For seminal contributions to the advancement of polymer photonic devices and materials. |
| 2005 | Emmanuel Desurvire | For pioneering contributions to the physical and theoretical understanding of erbium-doped fiber amplifiers and their early device development. |
| 2004 | Yasuhiko Arakawa | For pioneering contributions to quantum confinement effects in semiconductor lasers and the development of quantum dot lasers. |
| 2003 | Connie Chang-Hasnain | For pioneering contributions to vertical cavity surface emitting lasers and VCSEL arrays for wavelength-division-multiplexing applications. |
| 2002 | James Fujimoto | For pioneering contributions to optical coherence tomography. |
| 2001 |
Joe C. Campbell
Stephen R. Forrest
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For contributions to the development of high-speed, low-noise long-wavelength avalanche and p-i-n photodiodes. |
| 2000 | James J. Coleman | For pioneering research in high reliability strained layer semiconductor lasers. |
| 1999 |
Jonathan Heritage
Andrew Weiner
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For pioneering contributions to femtosecond optical pulse shaping technology and its applications. |
| 1998 |
Federico Capasso
Jerome Faist
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For the design, demonstration, and pioneering development of the quantum cascade laser which is revolutionizing the field of mid-infrared semiconductor lasers. |
| 1997 | Peter F. Moulton | For the invention of the titanium sapphire tunable infrared laser which opened a new era of solid state ultrafast lasers. |
| 1996 |
John E. Bowers
Kam Y. Lau
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For significant contributions to the understanding and design of high speed semiconductor lasers. |
| 1995 |
Stuart Searles
Charles Brau
George Hart
James Ewing
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For the demonstration and development of excimer lasers. |
| 1994 |
Martin A. Pollack
Robert E. Nahory
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For pioneering work in III-V compound semiconductor materials and optoelectronic integrated circuits. |
| 1993 | Eli Yablonovitch | For contributions to optoelectronics including the physics of strained layer lasers and photonic applications of low dimensional structures. |
| 1992 | Kenichi Iga | For pioneering research in vertical-cavity surface-emitting injection lasers. |
| 1991 |
Thomas L. Koch
Uziel Koren
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For pioneering and innovative contributions to photonic integrated circuits. |