IEEE PHOTONICS AWARD RECIPIENTS

2022 – RODNEY S. TUCKER “For contributions to photonic device Laureate Emeritus Professor, modelling and bridging the gap between The University of Melbourne, device and system-level performance, Victoria, Australia including energy consumption.”

2021 – JACK JEWELL “For seminal and sustained contributions to Self-employed, Consultant, the development and commercialization of Boulder, Colorado, USA vertical-cavity surface-emitting lasers (VCSEL).”

2020 – CHRISTOPHER R. DOERR “For sustained pioneering research, AVP Advanced Development, development, and commercialization of Acacia Communication photonic integrated circuits and devices for Holmdel, New Jersey, .” USA

2019 – MICHAL LIPSON “For pioneering contributions to silicon Eugene Higgins Professor Electrical photonics.” Engineering, Columbia University, New York, New York, USA

2018 - “For seminal contributions to ultrafast laser Professor, Physics Department, technology enabling important industrial Institute for Quantum Electronics, applications and novel scientific Zurich, Switzerland breakthroughs.”

2017 - JOHN BOWERS “For pioneering research in silicon Kavli Professor of Nanotechnology, photonics, including hybrid silicon lasers, University of Santa Barbara, photonic integrated circuits, and ultra-low- California, USA loss waveguides.”

2016 – MARK E. THOMPSON “For scientific and technical leadership in Professor, Department of the conception, demonstration, and Chemistry, University of Southern development of phosphorescent materials California, Los Angeles, CA, USA in organic light-emitting diode (OLED) displays.”

2015 - PHILIP ST. JOHN RUSSELL "For pioneering contributions to the Professor, Max Planck Institute for conception and realization of photonic the Science of Light, Erlangen, crystal fibers." Germany

2014 – JAMES G. FUJIMOTO “For pioneering the development and Elihu Thomson Professor of Electrical commercialization of optical coherence Engineering, Massachusetts Institute tomography for medical diagnostics.” of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA

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2013 - PETER F. MOULTON “For the discovery of the Ti:Sapphire laser Vice-President, CTO, Q-Peak, Inc., and the development of many novel solid- Bedford, MA, USA state laser systems and applications.”

2012 - “For pioneering contributions to photonic Professor, Electrical Engineering & crystals, the photonic bandgap and Computer Sciences Department, photonic bandgap engineering.” University of California Berkeley, Berkeley, CA, USA

2011 – AMNON YARIV “For fundamental contributions to Martin and Eileen Summerfield photonics science, engineering and Professor of Applied Physics and education that have broadly impacted Electrical Engineering quantum electronics and lightwave California Institute of Technology communications.” Pasadena, CA, USA

2010 – IVAN P. KAMINOW “For seminal contributions to electro-optic Adjunct Professor modulation, integrated optics, and Univ of California, Berkeley semiconductor lasers, and leadership in Berkeley, CA, USA optical telecommunications.”

2009 – ROBERT L. BYER “For seminal contributions to nonlinear Professor, Dept of Applied Physics, optics and solid-state lasers for commercial Stanford University, applications from precision measurement Stanford, CA, USA to manufacturing.”

2008 - JOSEPH C. CAMPBELL “For seminal and sustained contributions to Department of Electrical and the development of high-speed, low-noise Computer Engineering, University of long wavelength avalanche photodiodes” Virginia, VA, USA

2007 – DAVID NEIL PAYNE “For pioneering contributions to the Professor, Southampton development and commercialization of Optoelectronics Research Center, optical fiber-based technologies for Highfiled, Southampton, UK communications, sensors, and high power applications.”

2006 - FREDERICK J. LEONBERGER “For technical leadership, Retired, Senior Vice President and commercialization and practical Chief Technology Officer, JDS deployment of photonic component Uniphase Corporation, technologies for optical communications.” Bloomfield, CT, USA

2005 – ROD C. ALFERNESS "For seminal contributions to enabling Optical Networking Research Senior photonics technologies and for visionary VP Bell Laboratories/Lucent leadership in their application to networks

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Technologies and systems". Holmdel, NJ, USA

2004 – TINGYE LI “For leadership, vision and pioneering Retired/Division Manager contributions in the fields of optical fiber Communications Infrastructure communications and laser science.” Communications Boulder, CO, USA

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