Pioneering work in the development of innovative optical technologies
Prof. Dr. Jelena Vučković has been Professor of Electrical Engineering at Stanford University since 2003. Vučković heads the Nanoscale and Quantum Photonics Laboratory here. She is one of the leading researchers in quantum photonics. Her research focuses on the investigation of methods for controlling light at the nanoscopic level and the development of photonic chips. She has made a significant contribution to nanophotonics with the publication of a software suite called SPINS (Stanford Photonic Inverse Design Software). SPINS, now spun off as a start-up, automates the design of nanophotonic devices, revolutionizing nanophotonics by enabling highly efficient, compact and powerful structures. Its innovative approaches and technologies significantly improve the integration and functionality of optical components on microchips.
Pioneer in the study of nonlinear and topological phenomena
Prof. Dr. Yuri Kivshar has been working at the Australian National University since 1993, where he founded the Nonlinear Physics Centre. His research focuses on nonlinear phenomena in optical systems, metamaterials and nanophotonics. He is a pioneer in the field of Mie-resonant metaphotonics, which is based on multipolar Mie resonances and their interference in dielectric nanoparticles and metasurfaces of high refractive index materials. His work has led to significant advances in nonlinear and topological nanophotonics. This innovation enables the manipulation of light at the nanoscale and promotes the integration of complex optical functions into miniaturized devices. Kivshar’s research thus paves the way for new technological applications of nano-optical and non-linear systems.
“ZEISS Research Award”: ZEISS promotes research and development
Making innovation at the technical frontier possible. ZEISS is also committed to this ambition. Not only as an optics company, but especially as a technology group. Science and research play an important role in this. This is why ZEISS honors special achievements in the fields of optics and photonics with the “ZEISS Research Award”. The award was established back in 1990 as the “Carl Zeiss Research Award”. Since 2016, the “ZEISS Research Award” has been presented as its successor. Many of the 26 previous winners have gone on to receive other important awards – four of them even went on to win the Nobel Prize.
The following aspects in particular apply to the “ZEISS Research Award”: The candidates have made outstanding achievements in the field of optics or photonics, are still active in research and their work has great potential for further findings and practical applications. If both criteria are met, the researchers are put forward to a jury of scientific experts from all over the world. The chairman of this jury is Prof. Dr. Jürgen Mlynek from the Humboldt University of Berlin.
The presentation of the science awards takes place in a special setting. On July 10, ZEISS invites you to the Deutsches Museum. Around 200 invited guests from the fields of research, science and technology are expected to attend the award ceremony.
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