Berthold Leibinger
Innovationspreis
Zukunftspreis
Laser technology has given rise to many trends: micro-processing and 3D printing, information technology and quantum computing, ultra-high precision measurements and diagnostics, to mention but a few. On the one hand, lasers have been reduced in size until they have become tiny quantum points while, on the other, they have burgeoned into major installations. The advancement and recognition of outstanding achievements in research and development using and relating to laser light is therefore an important area of concern for the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung.
Innovationspreis
Every two years, the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis is presented to honor innovations in laser technology, irrespective of whether the innovation relates to a beam source or an application and whether it was developed by a research institution or is a product of industry.
Innovations are accepted for consideration as applications or nominations. Individuals or groups from all over the world are eligible for consideration. The application must include a description of the technology and its commercial aspects.
The jury selects a shortlist of eight finalists from among the applications and nominations. The finalists are invited to attend the jury meeting at the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung and present their work in person. An awards ceremony is held to honor the finalists and award winners.
1st prize: € 50,000
2nd prize: € 30,000
3rd prize: € 20,000
The innovation award winners at a glance
1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Hartmut Grote, Dr. Henning Vahlbruch, Prof. Dr. Benno Willke
Ultra High Precision Light Sources in Fundamental Physics and Beyond
2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Zeev Zalevsky, Prof. Dr. Javier Garcia
Remote Bio-Sensing and Diagnosis of Cardio-Pulmonary Diseases
3rd Prize
OSEC Project Group, Quantune Technologies GmbH
OSEC – Tunable External-Cavity Quantum-Cascade Laser
1st Prize
Dr. Daniel Brown, Dr. Alexander Schafgans, Dr. Yezheng Tao
EUV Lithography
2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Robert L. Byer, Prof. Dr. Peter Hommelhof
Particle Accelerator on a Chip
3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. Stephan Barcikowski, Prof. Dr. Bilal Gökce
Nanoparticle Synthesis
1st Prize
Thomas Schopphoven, Dr. Andres Gasser, Gerhard Maria Backes
Additive Manufacturing
2nd Prize
Project Group DELPHI
Photonic Integration
3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Popp, Prof. Dr. Ute Neugebauer
Raman Spectroscopy
1st Prize
Dr. Balthasar Fischer
Optical Microphone
2nd Prize
Dr. Garrett Cole, Prof. Dr. Markus Aspelmeyer
Crystalline Coatings
Project Group DLIP
Direct Laser Interference Patterning
3rd Prize
Laser Guide Star Alliance
Guide Star Laser
1st Prize
Dr. Alexander A. Oraevsky
Optoaksutics
2nd Prize
Dr. Helmut Erdl, Dr. Abdelmalek Hanafi
Illumination System
3rd Prize
Prof. Hwa-yaw Tam, Prof. Siu Lau Ho, Dr. Shun-Yee Michael Liu
Laser Sensing Network
1st Prize
Dr. Tso Yee Fan, Dr. Antonio Sanchez-Rubio, Dr. Bien Chann
Wavelength Multiplexing
2nd Prize
Project Group InnoSlab
InnoSlab Laser
3rd Prize
Felix Abt, Andreas Blug, Leonardo Nicolosi
Process Control System
1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Thorsten Trupke, Dr. Robert Bardos
Luminescence Imaging
2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Karsten König
Multi-Photon Tomography
Dr. Ralph Delmdahl, Rainer Pätzel, Dr. Kai Schmidt, Dr. Alexander Usoskin
Pulsed Laser Deposition
3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. Majid Ebrahim-Zadeh
Tunable Femtosecond Lasers
1st Prize
Dr. Markus Willert, Ulrich Graf, Dr. Thorsten Bauer, Dr. Jens König
Cold Microprocessing
2nd Prize
Dr. Richard L. Sandstrom, Dr. William Partlo
VUV Lithography
3rd Prize
Dr. Cary Gunn
CMOS Photonics
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Czarske, Dr. Lars Büttner, Dr. Thorsten Pfister
Distance Sensor
1st Prize
Dr. Karin Schütze, Raimund Schütze
Laser Catapult
2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Ian A. Walmsley
SPIDER
3rd Prize
Dr. Michael Mei, Dr. Ronald Holzwarth
Optical Frequency Comb
1st Prize
Prof. Dr. Ursula Keller
SESAM
2nd Prize
Prof. Dr. Andreas Tünnermann, Dr. Stefan Nolte, Dr. Holger Zellmer
Fiber Laser
3rd Prize
Dr. Axel Rolle
Lung Surgery
1st Prize
Work Group Disk Laser
Disk Laser
2nd Prize
Dr. Tibor Juhasz, Dr. Ronald Kurtz
Femto-LASIK
3rd Prize
Dr. Stefan Hell, Marcus Dyba, Dr. Alexander Egner
STED Microscopy
1st Prize
Dr. Josef Schneider
Printing Systems
2nd Prize
Dr. Martin Grabherr
High-performance VCSELs
3rd Prize
Prof. Dr. Yong Feng Lu
Microprocessing
Zukunftspreis
The Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis honors outstanding milestones in scientific or industrial research using or generating laser light. It is awarded every two years together with the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis.
Submissions for the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis are by nomination only. Candidates may be nominated by former members of the jury, previous award winners, scientific organizations and professional associations from around the world that work in the field of laser technology or photonics.
50.000 €
The winners of the Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis
Professor Dr. Anne L’Huillier, Lund University
High-Order Harmonic Generation and Attosecond Physics
Professor Sir David Payne, University of Southampton
"Erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and pioneering fiber optic technologies."
Professor Dr. Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University
"Lasers in Optogenetics Development and Implementation."
Professor Dr. Gérard Mourou, L'École Polytechnique
"Invention of Chirped Pulse Amplification (CPA) and Extreme Light Sources."
Professor Dr. Philip Russell, Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Light
"Photonic Crystal Fiber"
Dr. Osamu Kumagai, Sony
"Multi-wavelength diode lasers for three generations of optical drives."
Professor Dr. Federico Capasso, Harvard University
"Quantum Cascade Laser"
Professor Dr. Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Harvard University
"Single molecule biophysics and nonlinear optical microscopy."
Professor Dr. H. Jeffrey Kimble, California Institute of Technology
"Resonator Quantum Electrodynamics."
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The jury
The jury is made up of independent jurors who select the winners of the Innovationspreis and the Zukunftspreis.
Prof. Dr. Tommaso Calarco
Director, Institute for Quantum Control Jülich Research Center
Prof. Eckhard Elsen
Former Director for Research and Computing, CERN
Dr. Bo Gu
President, BOS Photonics
Prof. Dr. Holger Hanselka
President of the Fraunhofer Society, Head of Corporate Strategy, Research and Communications
Prof. Dr. Stefan Hell
Director, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry
Dr. Carsten M. Philipp
Head physician, Center for Laser Medicine at the Evangelische Elisabeth-Klinik
Prof. Dr. Barbara Previtali
Department of Mechanical Engineering,
Politecnico di Milano
Dr. h. ir. M.A. Martin van den Brink
President & CTO, ASML NV
Grazia Vittadini
Chief Technology Officer and Executive Board Member, Lufthansa Group
Prof. Dr. Otmar D. Wiestler
President, Hermann von Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers e.V.
