Markus Edgar Testorf
Dartmouth College, U.S.A.
For contributions to optical
science and engineering, in
particular his development of
optical design tools based on
phase-space representations
of fields.
Eric Udd
Columbia Gorge Research, U.S.A.
For developments associated with
fiber-optic sensor technology,
including measurement of rotation,
acoustics, pressure, temperature
and strain, as well as contributions
to the field of fiber-optic smart
structures.
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Ching-Cherng Sun
National Central University,
Taiwan
For outstanding contributions
on volume holography, optical
information processing and optics
for solid-state lighting.
Andreas Tünnermann
Fraunhofer IOF, Germany
For outstanding work and lead-
ership in high-power solid-state
and fiber laser technology and
pioneering contributions to the
development of laser micro-
machining.
Thomas Udem Max-Planck Institut für Quantenoptik, Germany For groundbreaking work on precision spectroscopy with laser frequency combs.
Richard L. Sutherland
SAIC, U.S.A.
For significant contributions to
the application of nonlinear opti-
cal materials, liquid crystals, and
composite polymer-liquid-crystal
holographic gratings to optical
devices.
Glenn A. Tyler
The Optical Sciences
Company, U.S.A.
For significant contributions to
the field of adaptive optics and
atmospheric propagation and
for management expertise lead-
ing to the growth of the Optical
Sciences Company.
Victor G. Veselago
A.M. Prokhorov Institute of
General Physics, Russia
For the invention of negative
refraction, which spawned wide-
spread international activity in the
multidisciplinary field of meta-
materials, including such effects as
superlensing and cloaking.
Takunori Taira
Institute for Molecular Science,
Japan
For seminal contributions to solid-
state lasers and nonlinear optics,
especially for new materials, laser
ceramics and pioneering work in
high-brightness micro-photonics
and their applications.
J. Scott Tyo
University of Arizona, U.S.A
For contributions to the design,
optimization and operation of
optical and infrared imaging
polarimeters for remote sensing
applications.
Ge Wang
Virginia Tech, U.S.A.
For pioneering contributions
to the development of bio-
luminescence tomography.
