Application Information

How To Apply

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

Important Dates

Opens 29 July 2021
Closes 19 October 2021

Applicant Requirements

• Have an accepted paper to OFC or a Post Deadline Paper (PDP) and must have "opted in" during the submission process
• Be no older than the age of 39 during the calendar year the prize is given
• Be responsible for and exhibit innovative ideas in their research
• Agree to let the Optica Foundation use their picture, name and story in program marketing opportunities.

Application Requirements

The submitting author must opt-in to the competition during the regular paper submission process.

2022 Recipient

Hesham Sakr
Lumenisity Limited, UK

Sakr is recognized for his paper "Hollow Core NANFs with Five Nested Tubes and Record Low Loss at 850, 1060 1300, and 1625nm".
 

Past Recipients

• Nicolas Fontaine, Nokia Bell Labs, USA (2021)
• Di Che, Nokia Bell Labs, USA (2020)
• Shai Tsesses, Technion- Israel Institute of Technology, Isreal (2019)
• Eric Numkam Fokoua, University of Southampton, UK (2019)
• Benjamin Lee, IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA (2018)
• Logan G. Wright, Cornell University, USA (2018)
• Tetsuya Hayashi, Sumitomo Electric, Japan (2017)
• Yoshitomo Okawachi, Columbia Univ., USA (2017)
• Marcus Seidel, Max-Planck-Institute of Quantum Optics, Germany (2016)
• Kohki Shibahara, NTT, Japan (2016)
• Tae Joon Seok, University of California, Berkeley, USA (2015)
• Antonietta De Sio, Universitat Oldenburg, Germany (2015)

Contributors

This honor is endowed by Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc., AT&T, Optica, the IEEE Photonics Society, the IEEE Communications Society, Thorlabs, Inc., the Li family and supporters of the Tingye Li Memorial Fund.

About the Endowment

Established in 2013, the Li Innovation Prize honors the global impact Tingye Li made to laser science and optical fiber communications.