Dynamic Light Cages: Putting Absorbing Matter Behind Bars (Selected as one of 30 most exciting peer-reviewed optics researchs in 2012)

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 C., Esseling M., Rose P., Denz C.
Announced at: 15/12/2012
Date of awarding: 15/12/2012

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