Best Paper Award

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

 
Photonics 2020 Best Paper Award
 

Eligibility and Requirements

– All papers published in Photonics will be eligible (Both regular and Special Issue submissions).
 
Past Winners
 
Year: 

Winner

27 pages, 7226 KiB  
Article
Recent Advances in 850 nm VCSELs for High-Speed Interconnects
by Hao-Tien Cheng, Yun-Cheng Yang, Te-Hua Liu and Chao-Hsin Wu
Photonics 2022, 9(2), 107; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9020107 - 13 Feb 2022
15 pages, 1523 KiB  
Review
Modulators in Silicon Photonics—Heterogenous Integration & and Beyond
by Jack Mulcahy, Frank H. Peters and Xing Dai
Photonics 2022, 9(1), 40; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics9010040 - 12 Jan 2022

Award Committee

Prof. Nelson Tansu Chairman
Lehigh University
Dr. Flavio Esposito
University of Naples Parthenope
Prof. Yongnan Li
Nankai University

Winner

19 pages, 3961 KiB  
Review
Perspectives on UVC LED: Its Progress and Application
by Tsung-Chi Hsu, Yu-Tsai Teng, Yen-Wei Yeh, Xiaotong Fan, Kuo-Hsiung Chu, Su-Hui Lin, Kuo-Kuang Yeh, Po-Tsung Lee, Yue Lin, Zhong Chen, Tingzhu Wu and Hao-Chung Kuo
Photonics 2021, 8(6), 196; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8060196 - 31 May 2021
12 pages, 10063 KiB  
Article
Hybrid POF/VLC Links Based on a Single LED for Indoor Communications
by Juan Andrés Apolo, Beatriz Ortega and Vicenç Almenar
Photonics 2021, 8(7), 254; https://doi.org/10.3390/photonics8070254 - 2 Jul 2021

Award Committee

Prof. Sergio Fantini Chairman
Tufts University

Winner

58 pages, 8781 KiB  
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 - 15 Sep 2020
12 pages, 3199 KiB  
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 - 18 Jan 2020
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