Tailored Light Fields: A Novel Approach for Creating Complex Optical Traps (The most exciting peer-reviewed optics research in 2011)
Basic data of the distinction
Type of award: Best publication award
Awarded by: Optical Society of America, Journal "Optics and Photonics News"
Award given to: Alpmann, Christina; Wördemann, Mike; Denz, Cornelia;
Announced at: 15/12/2011
Date of awarding: 15/12/2011
About the distinction
Physikerinnen und Physiker der Universität Münster haben einen "Hattrick" gelandet: Die renommierte Fachzeitschrift "Optics and Photonics News" hat gleich drei wissenschaftliche Publikationen aus der Arbeitsgruppe Nichtlineare Photonik von Prof. Dr. Cornelia Denz in die weltweite Liste der 30 besten Arbeiten des Jahres 2011 aufgenommen. Die Zeitschrift erinnert in einer Sonderausgabe zum Jahresende traditionell an die Forschungshöhepunkte des vergangenen Jahres aus den Bereichen Optik und Photonik.
Link to the press release of the awarding organisation: http://www.osa-opn.org/home/articles/volume_22/issue_12/
Link zur Pressemitteilung der Universität Münster: http://www.uni-muenster.de/Rektorat/exec/upm.php?nummer=15028
About the award
This special issue of Optics & Photonics News (OPN) highlights the most exciting peer-reviewed optics research to have emerged over the past 12 months. Submissions were judged on the basis of the following criteria: The accomplishments described must have been published in a refereed journal in the year prior to publication in OPN. The work should be illustrated in a clear, concise manner that is readily accessible to the at-large optics community. The authors should describe the topical area as a whole and then discuss the importance of their work in that context.
Type of award: Prize for a journal article
Website of the award or committee: http://www.osa-opn.org