QEOD – European Physical Society

Quantum Electronics and Optics Division Prizes

To highlight scientific excellence, QEOD awards internationally recognized prizes to senior and younger scientists, as well as prizes for the best European PhD theses in Quantum Electronics and Optics

The EPS Quantum Electronics and Optics Prize

To reward one or more persons who made outstanding contributions to Quantum Electronics in the experimental or theoretical area.

Overview

The prizes winners are each to receive a medal and 5,000€.
The awards are presented in a special Plenary Ceremony generally held on Tuesday morning, during the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics Europe (CLEO®/Europe) and the European Quantum Electronics Conference (EQEC), held in Munich, Germany taking place in odd years.

Eligibility

The prize will be awarded to one or more people who made outstanding contributions to Quantum Electronics in the experimental or theoretical area. The award may be given for pure and applied research.
The prize will be awarded without restrictions on nationality, race, or religion.
Only works which have been published can be considered in the proposals for candidates to the prize.
Persons who have died since the work was performed cannot be nominated for the prize.

The EPS Fresnel Prize

For outstanding contributions to quantum electronics and optics made by young scientists.

Overview

There is one prize for fundamental aspects and one prize for applied aspects.
The prize winners are each to receive a medal and 2,000€.

Eligibility

The prize will be awarded to one or more people who have made a noteworthy contribution to the physics of optics, quantum electronics or quantum optics in the fundamental and/or applied area.
The prize may only be awarded for works which have been published or accepted for publishing before the proposed candidate(s) has (have) reached the age of 35.
The prize may only be awarded to candidate(s) who has (have) not reached the age of 37 on January 1 of the year in which it is awarded.
The prize cannot be awarded posthumously.

The EPS QEOD Thesis Prizes

To reward excellence in PhD research and scientific communication in quantum electronics and optics.

Overview

Four EPS/QEOD prizes will be awarded to reward excellence in PhD research and scientific communication in quantum electronics and optics related to a PhD thesis defended in the period 1st January 2023 – March 2025.
Two prizes will be awarded for fundamental and two for applied aspects.
The prize winners are each to receive a diploma and 1,000€.

Eligibility

A PhD thesis work defended in the two years prior to the conference from June to June.

The EPS Prize for Research in Laser Science and Applications

For scientific excellence in laser science and applications in its broadest sense.

Overview

The prize is awarded every 2 years in recognition of recent work by one or more individuals (no more than three) for scientific excellence in the area of laser science and applications in its broadest sense.
The award will include an engraved glass medal, a certificate, and a monetary sum of 2,000€.

Eligibility

The work for which the individual(s) is/are nominated must be such that a significant component of it was performed during the period 5 years prior to the award.
Relevant topics include laser source development, power-scaling concepts, pump source development, nonlinear optics, ultrafast sources, material science, spectroscopic and characterization techniques, and applications both in optics and photonics as well as in other fields.
In addition, the award will recognize research for which a significant portion of the work was carried out in Europe or in cooperation with European researchers and may be given for either pure or applied research.

The EPS Prize for Research into the Science of Light

For scientific excellence in the area of electromagnetic science in its broadest sense, across the entire spectrum of electromagnetic waves.

Overview

The prize is awarded every 2 years in recognition of recent work by one or more individuals (no more than three).
The award will be accompanied by an engraved glass medal, certificate, and a monetary sum of 2,000€.

Eligibility

The work for which the individual(s) is/are nominated must be such that a significant component of it was performed during the period 5 years prior to the award.
In addition, the award will recognize research for which a significant portion of the work was carried out in Europe or in cooperation with European researchers and may be given for either pure or applied research.

Quantum Electronics and Optics Division Prizes

To reward one or more persons who made outstanding contributions to Quantum Electronics in the experimental or theoretical area.

For outstanding contributions to quantum electronics and optics made by young scientists.

To reward excellence in PhD research and scientific communication in quantum electronics and optics.

For scientific excellence in laser science and applications in its broadest sense.

For scientific excellence in the area of electromagnetic science in its broadest sense, across the entire spectrum of electromagnetic waves.

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