IEEE Photonics Award

Sponsored by: IEEE Lasers and Electro-Optics Society

 Nomination Form | Recipients |  Committee Roster

Nomination Deadline - 31 January

The IEEE Photonics Award was established in 2002.

The award is presented for outstanding achievements in photonics.  It may be presented to an individual or a team of not more than three.

Photonics is defined as the science and technology of generating and harnessing light and other forms of radiant energy whose quantum unit is the photon.

It is awarded for, but not limited to: light-generation, transmission, deflection, amplification and detection and the optical/electro-optical componentry and instrumentation used to accomplish these functions.

Also included are storage technologies utilizing photonics to read or write data and optical display technologies. It also extends from energy generation/propagation, communications, information processing, storage and display, biomedical and medical uses of light and measurement applications.

Recipient selection is administered by the Technical Field Awards Council of the IEEE Awards Board.

In the evaluation process, the following criteria are considered: outstanding discovery, significant scientific or technological advancement, important invention, impact on field, and the quality of the nomination.

Prize items consist of a bronze medal, certificate and honorarium.