Berthold Leibinger Future Prize
The Berthold Leibinger Future Prize is an international award for outstanding research on the application or generation of laser light . It has been awarded every two years by the Berthold Leibinger Foundation since 2006 with a non-purpose-related prize money of 50,000 euros most recently (as of: 2018 announcement). The international jury consists of laser experts, doctors and business representatives.
- See also: Berthold Leibinger Innovation Prize
Award winners
| year | Award winners | institution | area |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | H. Jeffrey Kimble | California Institute of Technology | Resonator quantum electrodynamics |
| 2008 | Xiaoliang Sunney Xie | Harvard University | Single molecule biophysics and nonlinear optical microscopy |
| 2010 | Federico Capasso | Harvard University | Quantum cascade laser |
| 2012 | Osamu Kumagai | Sony Corp. | Multi-wavelength diode laser for backward compatibility of three generations of optical drive systems |
| 2014 | Philip Russell | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light | Photonic Crystal Fiber (PCF) |
| 2016 | Gérard Mourou | École polytechnique | Chirped Pulse Amplification |
| 2018 | Karl Deisseroth | Stanford University | Optogenetics |
Web links
- The Berthold Leibinger Future Prize on the website of the Berthold Leibinger Foundation
supporting documents
- ↑ Ludwigsburger Kreiszeitung, May 27, 2008: Chinese receives Leibinger Future Prize