Industry leaders gather annually to honor innovation at the Prism Awards gala banquet during SPIE Photonics West. Above, a scene from last January's banquet at the Hilton San Francisco Union Square.
BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA -- Finalists have been named in nine categories for the 2010 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation, sponsored by SPIE and Photonics Media.
Winners will be announced at gala ceremony on 26 January during SPIE Photonics West in San Francisco, by industry leaders including Stuart Schoenmann (CVI Melles Griot), Milton Chang (Incubic), Robert Edmund (Edmund Optics), Maria Paasch (SCHOTT), Valentin Gapontsev (IPG Photonics), Ken Kaufmann (Hamamatsu), Ronald Driggers (Naval Research Lab), Michael Mertin (JENOPTIK), and David Hardwick (IMRA America) .
The Prism Awards program recognizes photonics products that break with conventional ideas, solve problems, and improve life through the generation and harnessing of light. Finalists and winners are chosen by an independent panel of industry experts.
Seventeen of the finalists will exhibit at the Photonics West exhibition at the Moscone Center 25-27 January. Booth numbers are noted in the alphabetical listing below of finalists and their product entries.
For more information on the awards program, visit photonicsprimaward.com.
Defense and Security
Detectors, Sensing, Imaging, and Cameras
Industrial Lasers
Information and Communication
Life Sciences and Biophotonics
Optics and Optical Components
Other Light Sources
Scientific Lasers
Test, Measurement, Metrology
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