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2.2.2023 19:23:37 CET | Business Wire | Press release
Yesterday, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, recognized the top-rated new optics and photonics products with the industry-focused Prism Awards. The gala evening, held during SPIE Photonics West, also marked the Prism Awards’ 15th anniversary with a champagne toast, a timeline gallery of past winners, and a video showcasing a decade and a half of Prism highlights.
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The 2023 SPIE Prism Awards: The evening's winners and presenters celebrate their successes and 15 years of photonics innovations. (Photo: Business Wire)
Each year, the SPIE Prism Awards reflect the rapidly growing trajectory, exciting latest developments, and rich technical innovations across photonics and photonics-enabled industries. This year, the annual ceremony honored a range of established and emerging companies applying innovative and creative solutions to critical problems in areas such as augmented and virtual reality, sensors, lasers, quantum technology, and biomedical optical solutions. For consideration in the 2023 Prism Awards, SPIE received 76 applications from 19 countries.
Finalists and winners were selected by a panel of international judges who leveraged their knowledge and acumen from across the technology commercialization and funding sectors. The distinguished judges' roster included the FDA's Zane Arp, iFocus' Adi Diner, AXA-XL’s Simi George, MKS Instruments' Marc D. Himel, Coherent’s Qiongying Hu, Chromacity's Shahida Imani, Teledyne Princeton Instruments' Jason McClure, Technology Scotland’s Alison McLeod, Tesseract Health’s Nishant Mohan, Engender Technologies' Cather Simpson, Ceres Technology Advisors’ Linda Smith, TOPTICA’s Mark A. Tolbert, and Nanovation’s Ferechteh Teherani.
"The Prism Awards always showcase an impressive spectrum of innovative solutions based on optics and photonics technology,” said SPIE CEO Kent Rochford. "By providing products powered by photonics, all of these companies – and I am including the finalists as well as tonight’s winners – are offering a terrific array of impactful technologies that will transform lives across the world. I am so excited to be here tonight to congratulate them in person.”
Below is the complete list of the award categories, the winners, and their winning products:
- AR VR MR: TriLite Technologies, Trixel® 3
- Biomedical: Philophos, KUOS-O100
- Cameras and Imaging: Metalenz, PolarEyes™
- Lasers: Kyocera SLD Laser, LaserLight LiFi System
- Quantum Tech: QuiX Quantum, 20-mode Quantum Photonic Processor
- Sensors: Ocean Insight, SpeedSorter™
- Software: Dotphoton, Jetraw
- Test and Measurement: Precitec Optronik, Flying Spot Scanner (FSS 310)
Photonics Media is the promotional sponsor of the SPIE Prism Awards. For more information on the Prism Awards and the 2023 winners, please visit the official website: www.photonicsprismaward.com/
About SPIE
SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, brings engineers, scientists, students, and business professionals together to advance light-based science and technology. The Society, founded in 1955, connects and engages with our global constituency through industry-leading conferences and exhibitions; publications of conference proceedings, books, and journals in the SPIE Digital Library; and career-building opportunities. Over the past five years, SPIE has contributed more than $22 million to the international optics community through our advocacy and support, including scholarships, educational resources, travel grants, endowed gifts, and public-policy development. www.spie.org.
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