EPS QEOD Prizes awarded to F.Capasso and M.Lewenstein
The European Physical Society [EPS] and the EPS Quantum Electronics and Optics Division [EPS QEOD], are delighted to announce the 2013 winners of its two most prestigious prizes in Quantum Electronics and Optics. Since 1996, these prizes are awarded every two years, and recognize the very highest level of achievements in applied and fundamental research in optical physics.
The 2013 Prize for Applied Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics is awarded to Federico Capasso, professor at the School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, USA. The prize is awarded to Prof. Capasso “for seminal contributions to the invention and demonstration of the quantum cascade laser”.
The 2013 Prize for Fundamental Aspects of Quantum Electronics and Optics is awarded to Maciej Lewenstein, ICREA Research Professor and Head of the Quantum Optics Theory Group at the Institute of Photonic Sciences, Barcelona, Spain. The prize is awarded to Prof. Lewenstein “for outstanding contributions to several areas of theoretical quantum optics and to the use of quantum gases for quantum information and to attosecond optics.”
The awards will be presented in a special plenary ceremony on 14 May 2013 during the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe [CLEO®/Europe] and the International Quantum Electronics Conference [IQEC], held during the World of Photonics Congress in Munich, Germany.
The biographies of the laureates are available on the website of the CLEO®/Europe.
