Innovation Award 2023—and the winner is Civan Lasers!
The Innovation Award is organised by the british publishing house Europa Science and LASER World of PHOTONICS.
For the third time, the award was hosted at LASER World of PHOTONICS. Exhibitors of LASER World of PHOTONICS and World of QUANTUM could submit their innovation in different categories. With more than 50 submissions, the Innovation Award was again a great success.
In 2023, Civan Lasers won the 5,000 euro Innovation Award for its DBL 100 KW. Congratulations!
The category winners 2023
- Civan Lasers – DBL 100 KW (Laser systems for industrial production engineering)
- Twenty-One Semiconductors GmbH - MEXL Gain Crystals (Laser and optoelectronics / Illumination and energy)
- PicoQuant – Luminosa (Biophotonics and medical engineering)
- Ushio, high power 700nm laser diode (Quantum Technologies)
- Trioptics - OptiSurf® with LensGage (Optics / Manufacturing technology for optics)
- Castor Optics - Thorlabs - 2 Mode Selective Photonic Lantern (Sensors, test and measurement / Optical Measuring Systems / Imaging)
Photo gallery of the Innovation Award 2023
Jury of the Innovation Award 2023
| Name | Company |
|---|---|
Adam T. Clare | Association of Laser Users (AILU) |
Tom Hausken | Optica – formerly OSA |
Chris Yates | Vision Ventures, Germany |
Dr. Wilhelm Kaenders | TOPTICA Photonics AG |
Prof. Peter Loosen | Fraunhofer-Institut für Lasertechnik ILT |
Prof. Jürgen Popp | Leibniz-Institut für Photonische Technologien Jena |
Dr. Peter Soldan | VDI Technologiezentrum GmbH |
Prof. Ronald Sroka | LIFE-Center, Hospital of University Munich |
Dr. Wenko Süptitz | SPECTARIS |
Prof. Andreas Tünnermann | Fraunhofer-Institut für Angewandte Optik und Feinmechanik IOF |
Prof. Paul Urbach | TU Delft |
