Optical Society - Recognitions

Recognitions

The Optical Society recognizes distinguished achievements in the field of optics through the presentation of awards and honors. OSA’s awards and medals program is endowed through the OSA Foundation (OSAF).

Categories of recognition include: OSA Fellow, OSA Awards, Senior Members, and Honorary Members.

Awards:

• Frederic Ives Medal/Jarus W. Quinn Endowment. The highest award of the Society, the Ives Medal recognizes overall distinction in optics.
• Esther Hoffman Beller Medal, recognizes outstanding contributions to optical science and engineering education.
• Max Born Award, recognizes contributions to physical optics, named after Max Born
• Distinguished Service Award, recognizes service to the optical community.
• Michael Stephen Feld Biophotonics Award, recognizes individuals for innovative, influential contributions to the field of biophotonics.
• Paul F. Forman Engineering Excellence Award, recognizes technical achievements in optical engineering.
• Joseph Fraunhofer Award/Robert M. Burley Prize, recognizes accomplishments in optical engineering.
• The Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award, recognizes authorship of an outstanding book in the field of optics and photonics, published in the last six years, that has contributed significantly to research, teaching, or the optics and photonics industry (co-sponsored with SPIE).
• Nick Holonyak Jr. Award, recognizes contributions to optics based on semiconductor-based devices and optical materials, including basic science and technological applications.
• Edwin H. Land Medal, recognizes pioneering work empowered by scientific research to create inventions, technologies, and products (co-sponsored with the Society for Imaging Science and Technology).
• OSA Leadership Award-New Focus/Bookham Prize, recognizes an individual or group of optic professionals who has made a significant impact on the field of optics and/or made a significant contribution to society.
• Emmett N. Leith Medal, recognizes seminal contributions to the field of optical information processing.
• Ellis R. Lippincott Award, recognizes contributions to vibrational spectroscopy (co-sponsored with the Coblentz Society and the Society for Applied Spectroscopy).
• Adolph Lomb Medal, recognizes noteworthy contributions made to optics before reaching the age of 35.
• C.E.K. Mees Medal, recognizes interdisciplinary and international contributions.
• William F. Meggers Award, recognizes outstanding work in spectroscopy.
• David Richardson Medal, recognizes contributions to optical engineering.
• Edgar D. Tillyer Award, recognizes distinguished work in the field of vision.
• Charles Hard Townes Award, recognizes contributions to quantum electronics.
• John Tyndall Award, recognizes contributions to fiber optic technology (co-sponsored with the IEEE Photonics Society).
• Herbert Walther Award, established in 2007 by OSA and Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG), the award recognizes distinguished contributions in quantum optics and atomic physics as well as leadership in the international scientific community.
• R. W. Wood Prize, recognizes an outstanding discovery, scientific or technological achievement or invention.