Executive Forum

Prism Awards 2022...and the winner is

Jan. 27, 2022

Scientific Lasers

For the most innovative scientific laser, Stuttgart Instruments’ Alpha series garnered the Prism Award. The company notes that its system has a “modular, field-upgradable” design and features shot-noise-limited performance above 300 kHz, passive spectral stability of less than 0.02%, and stable beam pointing of less than 10 µrad rms — all of this brings with it very high sensitivity and near-Fourier limit pulses.

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Dubbed the “Oscars of the Photonics Industry,” the 2022 Prism Awards for Photonics Innovation shone a spotlight this week on some of the most ground-breaking, cutting-edge technology and products — and the innovators who developed them.

For the first time in two years, the event (as well as the Photonics West trade show and conference) was held in person at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. Spanning 10 categories, a total of 30 companies and their products were among more than 100 applicants judged by a panel of 33 industry executives, researchers, scientists, and other photonics industry experts.

About the Author

Justine Murphy | Multimedia Director, Laser & Military

Justine Murphy is the multimedia director for the Laser & Military Group at Endeavor Business Media. In addition to Laser Focus World, the group includes Military & Aerospace Electronics and Vision Systems Design. She is a multiple award-winning writer and editor with more 20 years of experience in newspaper publishing as well as public relations, marketing, and communications. For nearly 10 years, she has covered all facets of the optics and photonics industry as an editor, writer, web news anchor, and podcast host for an internationally reaching magazine publishing company. Her work has earned accolades from the New England Press Association as well as the SIIA/Jesse H. Neal Awards. She received a B.A. from the Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts.