The Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis is an innovation prize for applied laser technology open for participants world wide. It is biennially awarded by the German non-profit foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung for innovations on the application or generation of laser light. In total three prizes are worth 35,000 euros. The prize winners are selected from eight nominees that present their work in person at a jury session.

Recipients

2006

• 1. Prize: Karin Schütze and Raimund Schütze, P.A.L.M. Microlaser Technologies GmbH, a Company of the Carl Zeiss MicroImaging GmbH, „Laser micro beam and laser catapult for single cell capture“
• 2. Prize: Ian A. Walmsley, University of Oxford, „Methods for complete measurement of ultrashort pulses“
• 3. Prize: Michael Mei and Ronald Holzwarth, Menlo Systems GmbH, „Optical frequency comb technique“

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2004

• 1. Prize: Ursula Keller, ETH Zurich, „SESAM – Semiconductor Saturable Absorber Mirror for ultrafast lasers“
• 2. Prize: Andreas Tünnermann, Stefan Nolte and Holger Zellmer, Friedrich-Alexander-University, Erlangen-Nuremberg / Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Optics and Precision Engineering, „High-power fiber lasers and their applications“
• 3. Prize: Axel Rolle, Specialized Hospital Coswig, Saxony, „Lung parenchymal laser surgery“

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2002

• 1. Prize: Work Group Disk Laser, Universität Stuttgart, „Disk laser“
• 2. Prize: Tibor Juhasz and Ronald Kurtz, IntraLase Inc., „Femtosecond laser scalpel for Corneal surgery“
• 3. Prize: Stefan Hell, Marcus Dyba and Alexander Egner, Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry, „Optical nanoscopy with ultrashort pulse laser and stimulated emission“

The Universität Stuttgart is the University of Stuttgart. ... // An optically-pumped disk laser A disk laser is a type of solid-state laser characterized by a heat drain and laser output that are realized on opposite sides of a thin layer of active medium. ... IntraLase NYSE: ILSE is a company traded on the New York Stock Exchange and based in Irvine, California. ... A femtosecond is the SI unit of time equal to 10-15 of a second. ... A laser scalpel is a scalpel for surgery, cutting tissue by the energy of laser light. ... The cornea is the transparent front part of the eye that covers the iris, pupil, and anterior chamber, providing most of an eyes optical power [1]. Together with the lens, the cornea refracts light and, as a result, helps the eye to focus. ... Stefan W. Hell (* 23 December in Arad, Romania) is a physicist and the director of the Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry in Göttingen, Germany. ... The Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry (Karl-Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute) is located in Goettingen, Germany. ... In optics, an ultrashort pulse of light is an electromagnetic pulse whose time duration is on the order of the femtosecond ( second). ... In optics, stimulated emission is the process by which, when perturbed by a photon, matter may lose energy resulting in the creation of another photon. ...

2000

• 1. Prize: Josef Schneider, MAN Roland Druckmaschinen AG, „Laser and digitally changed Printing systems“
• 2. Prize: Martin Grabherr, ULM photonics GmbH, „VCSEL - Vertical Cavity Surface Emitting high-power Laser diode“
• 3. Prize: Lu Yong Feng, National University of Singapore, „Laser micro processing in industry“

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See also

• Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis

External links

• Website of the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung