Application Information

How To Apply

Submit a paper to CLEO and opt into the competition. Learn more on the conference website.

Important Dates

Opens 01 January 0001
Closes 02 December 2021

Applicant Requirements

• Be an undergraduate or graduate student of an educational institution of collegiate grade devoting more than half time to studies within the institution at the time the paper was written
• Submit a paper that is accepted during the regular “call for papers” process for CLEO (Note: Post-deadline papers are not part of this competition)
• Present the paper orally during the conference

Application Requirements

Opt-in to the competition during the regular submissions process.

2022 Recipient

Martin Zizlsperger
University of Regensburg, Germany

He is recognized for his effective presentation and research excellence pertaining to ultrafast nanoscopy.

Past Recipients

• Nicholas Nardelli, National Institute of Standards and Technology & University of Colorado Boulder, USA (2021)
• Jaco Fuchs, ETH Zurich, Switzerland (2020)
• Simon Duval, Universite Laval, Canada (2019)
• Dominik Peller, University of Regensburg, Germany (2018)
• Jingyuan Linda Zhang, Stanford University, USA (2017)
• Mengjie Yu, Cornell University, USA (2016)
• Shuo Sun, University of Maryland, US (2015)
• Fabian Langer, University of Regensburg, Germany (2014)
• Gary Shambat, Stanford University, US (2013)
• Jeffrey Driscoll, Columbia University, US (2012)
• Hugo Benichi, University of Tokyo, Japan (2011)
• Brendan Reagan, Colorado State University, US (2010)
• Georg Anetsberger, Max-Planck-Institut fur Quantenoptik, Germany (2009)

Contributors

HRL Laboratories, LLC, the IEEE Photonics Society and the APS Division of Laser Science. 

About the Endowment

This competition was established in 2008 in memory of Theodore Maiman and in acknowledgement of his amazing invention, the first working laser, and his other outstanding contributions to optics and photonics.