The Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis (future prize) is an international award for "excellent research on the application or generation of laser light". [1] Since 2006, it is biennially awarded by the German non-profit foundation Berthold Leibinger Stiftung as part of its Laser Prizes, with an amount of 50,000 euros. [2]
As of 2023 [update] , two Zukunftspreis laureates have also received the Nobel Prize in Physics: Gérard Mourou in 2018, and Anne L'Huillier in 2023.
Year | Name | Institution | For |
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2006 | H. Jeffrey Kimble [3] | California Institute of Technology | cavity quantum electrodynamics |
2008 | Xiaoliang Sunney Xie [4] | Harvard University | single-molecule biophysics and non-linear optical microscopy |
2010 | Federico Capasso [5] | Harvard University | quantum cascade lasers |
2012 | Osamu Kumagai [6] | Sony Corp. | multi-wavelength laser diode for backward compatibility of three generations' optical disc systems |
2014 | Philip Russell [7] | Max Planck Institute for the Science of Light | photonic crystal fibre |
2016 | Gérard Mourou [8] | École polytechnique | invention of the chirped pulse amplification (CPA) and pushing the frontier on extreme light |
2018 | Karl Deisseroth [9] | Stanford University | laser in the development and implementation of optogenetics |
2021 | David N. Payne [10] | University of Southampton | erbium-doped fiber amplifier (EDFA) and pioneering fiber optic technologies |
2023 | Anne L'Huillier [11] | Lund University | high harmonic generation and attosecond physics |
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