Dear Colleagues,

On behalf of the Editor-in-Chief, Prof. Dr. Nelson Tansu, we wish to acknowledge our reviewers who so generously give their time to review the papers submitted to Photonics by presenting an award to the reviewers who have demonstrated their dedication, professionalism, and timeliness in reviewing manuscripts for Photonics.

What are the pre-requisites to be eligible for this award?
All of the reviewers for Photonics in 2022 will be automatically included.

Select Criteria:
– Number of review reports (only first review reports are considered);
– Review quality based on the rating given in SuSy;
– Review speed.

What will the winners receive?
There will be two winners this year, and each will receive the following:
– 500 Swiss francs;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge before the end of March 2024;
– A certificate.

When will the winners be announced?
The winners will be announced at the end of March 2023 on the journal website.

How can I make myself eligible?
If you have not yet reviewed papers for Photonics but would like to do so, you can register as a reviewer at the following link: https://susy.mdpi.com/volunteer/profile/edit.

Kind regards,
Photonics Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the “Photonics 2021 Best Paper Award” for research and review articles published in Photonics from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021. One review and one research article will receive an award each. The papers will be selected after thorough evaluation by the journal Award Committee led by the EiC, Prof. Dr. Nelson Tansu, and the winners will be announced at the end of April 2023.

Eligibility for the awards:
– Papers published in Photonics from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021;
– Open to all career levels;
– Both regular and Special Issue submissions will be considered.

Selection Criteria:
The papers will be selected by the journal Award Committee according to the following criteria (data source: Web of Science (Clarivate Analytics)):
– Scientific merit and broad impact;
– Relevance to the journal’s field;
– Originality of the research objectives and/or the ideas presented;
– Creativity of the study design or uniqueness of the approaches and concepts;
– Clarity of presentation;
– Citation and download rates in 2022.

Prizes:
– One review award: 500 CHF and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Photonics before the end of April 2024;
– One research article award: 500 CHF and a chance to publish a paper free of charge in Photonics before the end of April 2024.
– Each winner will also receive a certificate.

The winners will be announced on the journal website at the end of April 2023.

Kind regards,
Photonics Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce that the winner of the Photonics 2022 Young Investigator Award is Prof. Dr. Chao Zuo.

Prof. Dr. Chao Zuo is a Professor of the School of Electronics and Optical Engineering at the Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing, China. He is also the founder and director of the Smart Computational Imaging Research Institute of NJUST. Prof. Dr. Chao Zuo’s research interests are in computational bio-imaging, noninterferometic phase retrieval, optical information processing, and high-speed 3D optical sensing. Prof. Dr. Chao Zuo received his Ph.D. in 2014 and has an outstanding publication record, which includes having published over 180 peer-reviewed journal publications and authored one book and one book chapter. He is a talented and outstanding scientist in the area of optical engineering. Please join us in congratulating Prof. Dr. Chao Zuo for his outstanding achievements.

As the awardee, Prof. Dr. Chao Zuo will receive an honorarium of CHF 1000, an offer to publish a paper free of charge before the end of 2023 in Photonics after peer-review, and an electronic certificate.

We would like to thank all the nominators from various fields of study for their participation and all the Award Committee Members for their evaluation of the many excellent nominations.

Photonics 2022 Young Investigator Evaluation Committee

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Photonics 2021 Outstanding Reviewer Award. The Photonics Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Photonics. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Dr. Carlos A. F. Marques
Physics Department & I3N, University of Aveiro, Aveiro, Portugal
Research Interest: Fibre optic sensors; Bragg gratings; Optical polymers

Dr. Tatiana Latychevskaia
Paul Scherrer Institute, Villigen, Switzerland
Research Interest: Terahertz; Digital holography; Real time imaging

Prizes:
– 500 Swiss francs;
– An opportunity to publish a paper free of charge before the end of May 2023;
– A certificate.

Kind regards,
Photonics Editorial Office

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Photonics, I am pleased to announce the winners of the Photonics Travel Awards for 2021.

The awards have been granted to the following applicants:

Mr. Aleksandrs Leitis, a Ph.D. student from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL), Switzerland, will attend the Optical Design and Fabrication Congress during 27 June–01 July 2021, to present his paper “Functional Mid-Infrared Metasurfaces for Optical Wavefront Manipulation, Sensing and Dynamic Phase Control”.

Dr. Elena Losero, currently starting her new post-doctoral research at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology of Lausanne (École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, EPFL), Switzerland. She will attend the CLEO Conference during 11–13 May 2021, to present her paper “Experimental Superresolution via Structured Illumination Quantum Correlation Microscopy”.

Dr. Zhifeng Zhang, who recently graduated with a Ph.D. from the Department of Electrical and Systems Engineering of the University of Pennsylvania, United States, plans to attend the international conference of SPIE/COS Photonics Asia during 10–13 October 2021, to present his paper “Tunable Vortex Microlaser with Ultrafast Tunability” as well as two related works.

With so many high-quality applicants, the evaluation process and final decisions were challenging. We would like to thank all of the applicants for submitting their diverse and fascinating range of research topics. On behalf of the Assessment Committee, I would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Nelson Tansu
Editor-in-Chief, Photonics

Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Photonics 2020 Best Paper Awards. All papers published in Photonics in 2020 were considered for these awards. After a thorough evaluation of the originality and significance of the papers, citations, and downloads, the two winning papers, which were nominated by the award committees, have been selected.

One review:

The Interband Cascade Laser

By Jerry R. Meyer, William W. Bewley, Chadwick L. Canedy, Chul Soo Kim, Mijin Kim, Charles D. Merritt and Igor Vurgaftman
Photonics 2020, 7(3), 75; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics7030075.

One research article:

Development of an Interference Filter-Stabilized External-Cavity Diode Laser for Space Applications

By Linbo Zhang, Tao Liu, Long Chen, Guanjun Xu, Chenhui Jiang, Jun Liu and Shougang Zhang
Photonics 2020, 7(1), 12; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics7010012.

Each winner (corresponding author) will receive CHF 500, a certificate, and the opportunity to publish a paper in Photonics in 2022.

On behalf of the award committees, we would like to congratulate the winners on their accomplishments. We would also like to take this opportunity to thank all the nominated research groups of the abovementioned exceptional papers for their contributions to Photonics, as well as thank the award committee for voting and helping to identify two winners for these awards.

Kind regards,
Photonics Editorial Office

Dear colleagues,

We are pleased to announce the winners of the Photonics 2020 Outstanding Reviewer Awards. The Photonics Editorial Board and Editorial Team would like to gratefully acknowledge the time and energy dedicated by reviewers in checking the manuscripts submitted to Photonics. It is due to their efforts that the high quality of the journal and quick turnaround are maintained.

Please join us in congratulating the winners:

Dr. Bostjan Batagelj
Affiliation: Radiation and Optics Laboratory, Faculty of Electrical Engineering University of Ljubljana Trzaska, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Research Interests: optical communications; fiber communications; optical access networks; antennas; microwave photonics.

Dr. João Pinto Coelho
Affiliation: Laboratory of Optics, Lasers and Systems & Institute of Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering, Lisboa, Portugal.
Research Interests: laser processing; light propagation; optical systems; opitcal design; laser interaction with media.

Kind regards,
Prof. Dr. Nelson Tansu
Editor-in-Chief, Photonics

Dear Colleagues,

As Editor-in-Chief of Photonics, I am pleased to announce the winner of the 2019 Travel Award sponsored by Photonics. The award was granted to Dr. Daniela Lo Presti, postdoctoral fellow of the Università Campus Bio-Medico di Roma. She will be supported with 500 Swiss Francs towards travel expenses to attend the 4th Annual IEEE International Symposium on Medical Measurements & Applications to be held at Istanbul, Turkey.

Dr. Daniela Lo Presti’s current research focuses on fiber optic sensors; fiber brag gratings; textile engineering; biomechanics; motion analysis; biomedical signal processing; optical fibers; optical sensing; fiber optic technology; and motion capture.

Photonics is proud to support this young researcher working in the field of optics and photonics and wish her further success in her career. We are grateful to all who submitted applications—thank you for letting us get to know you and your work. We hope all of you continue to pay attention to Photonics in the future.

I would like to congratulate the winner and thank the selection committee for their excellent work in selecting the winner from such a large number of excellent candidate profiles.

Prof. Dr. Nelson Tansu
Photonics Editorial Office
Editor-in-Chief