The SPIE G. G. Stokes Award in Optical Polarization is presented for exceptional contribution to the field of optical polarization. The award may be presented for a specific achievement, development, or invention of significant importance to optical science and society, or may be given for lifetime achievement. Honorarium $2,000.
Previous Recipients of the SPIE G.G. Stokes Award in Optical Polarization
2018 - Tom Baur
2017 - Christian Brosseau
2016 - Shui-Chih Alan Lien
2015 - Aristide Dogariu
2014 - J. Scott Tyo
2013 - José Jorge Gil
2012 - Jan Olof Stenflo
2011 - Johannes Fitzgerald de Boer
2010 - Emil Wolf
2008 - Shin-Tson Wu
2007 - Russell Chipman
2006 - Kazuhiko Oka
2005 - Rasheed M. A. Azzam
2004 - R. Clark Jones
Read more about George Gabriel Stokes
2018 - Tom Baur
The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of a lifetime of leadership in polarization optical components through Meadowlark Optics and for revolutionizing the polarization field through commercialization of liquid crystal variable retarders.
2017 - Christian Brosseau
The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of his contributions to the theory of polarization of light, particularly for work on statistical optics, and polarization applications in optical information processing.
2016 - Shui-Chih Alan Lien
The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of his contributions to develop the extended Jones matrix formulation, which has been widely used to calculate electro-optics effects and the polarization change through each layer of a liquid crystal display device.
2015 - Aristide Dogariu
The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of his development of new theoretical concepts and innovative methods and techniques for understanding and measuring polarization properties of light-matter interaction.
SPIE Professional
SPIE Profile
2014 - J. Scott Tyo
The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of his contributions to the theory of polarimeter optimization, the characterization and calibration of polarimeters, and to the understanding of microgrid polarimeter data processing.
SPIE Professional 2014
SPIE Profile
2013 - José Jorge Gil
The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of his groundbreaking collection of rigorous mathematical descriptions of polarization that are used widely to interpret experimental data. His work in polarization optics forms part of the underpinnings of modern polarimetry.
SPIE Professional 2013
SPIE Profile
2012 - Jan Olof Stenflo
The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of his wide-ranging and fundamental work on the measurement and theory of polarized radiation.
SPIE Professional 2012
SPIE Profile
2011 - Johannes Fitzgerald de Boer
The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of his contributions to the development of polarization-sensitive optical coherence tomography as a means for quantitatively assessing the depth-resolved birefringence of biological tissues, especially in ophthalmology.
SPIE Professional 2011
SPIE Profile
2010 - Emil Wolf
The SPIE Awards Committee has made this recommendation in recognition of his contributions in formulating the modern theories of coherence and polarization of optical fields.
SPIE Press
SPIE Profile
