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IEEE Photonics Journal Awards

Below are the current awards available for the IEEE Photonics Journal.

IEEE Photonics Journal Outstanding Reviewer Award

Nominated by the Associate and Senior Editors, the selection committee chooses reviewers to receive the PJ Outstanding Reviewer Award. The award is based on three criteria: quality of comments, timeliness of reviews, and the number of reviews completed. 

Award Recipients

  • Guanjun Xu – Hangzhou Dianzi University
  • Xiaosheng Xiao – Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications
  • Muguang Wang – Beijing Jiaotong University
  • Ebrahim Eldesoky Elsayed Ebrahim Bakari – Mansoura University
  • Baldemar Ibarra-Escamilla – National Institute of Astrophysics, Optics and Electronics
  • Yang Chen, East China Normal University, Shanghai, China
  • Chensheng Wu, University of Maryland at College Park
  • Edward Ackerman, Photonic Systems Inc.
  • Ruidong Zhu, Apple
  • Cheng Liu, Rochester Institute of Technology
  • Shilong Pan, Nanjing University of Aeronautics & Astronautics
  • Chung-Yi Li, National Taipei University
  • Hang Guan, Elenion Technologies LLC
  • Jian Chen, Lumentum
  • Xingwen Yi, Sun-Sen University
  • Hai-Feng Hu, Northwestern University

IEEE Photonics Journal Best Paper Award

This is awarded to the paper considered the best among the papers published in the IEEE Photonics Journal during the previous three calendar years. Reviewed by the PJ selection committee, the best paper is selected annually based on four criteria: originality, technical content, impact, and presentation.  The number of awards shall not exceed three (3).

Awards Recipients

2025

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Real-Time Brillouin Microscopy for Linewidth Imaging of protein condensates in living cells

Publication:
IEEE Photonics Journal, Volume: 18, Issue: 2, April 2026, Sequence Number: 0600509

Authors: 

D’Abbondanza, N.; Bartoli, C.; Gala, F.; Marzaro, C.; Pontecorvo, E.; Ruocco, G.; Zanini, Giulia; Zhang, L.; Garone, M. G.; Turris, V. de; Giuliani, A.; Timoteo, G. di; Bozzoni, I.; Rosa, A.; Testi, C.

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A 200 mm wafer-scale Al2O3 Photonics Waveguide Technology for UV and Visible Applications

Publication:
IEEE Photonics Journal, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, June 2025, Sequence Number: 2200706

Authors: 
Neutens, Peter; Mafakheri, E.; Zheng, XiuJun; Helin, Philippe; Jafari, Z.; Lin, Chupao; Jeevanandam, G.; Pham, Nga P.; Fan, S.; Su, C.; Jansen, Roelof; Van Dorpe, Pol; Le Thomas, Nicolas; Haffner, C.

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Static properties of 980 nm vertical cavity surface emitting lasers with different monolithic high refractive index contrast grating mirror designs

Publication:
IEEE Photonics Journal, Volume: 17, Issue: 3, June 2025, Sequence Number: 2200521

Authors: 
Reitzenstein, Stephan; Heermeier, Niels; Janczak, Mikołaj; Gebski, Marcin; Marciniak, Magdalena; Lott, James A.; Czyszanowski, Tomasz

2024

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A Low-Cost Approach to Diode-Pumped Ti:Sapphire Lasers with Watt-Level Output

Publication:
IEEE Photonics Journal, Volume: 16, Issue: 5, October 2024, Sequence Number: 1502505

Authors: 
Niall Simpson; Martin Lee; Alan J. Kemp

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Ultraviolet-enhanced flat supercontinuum light generated in cascaded photonic crystal fiber

Publication:
IEEE Photonics Journal, Volume: 16, Issue: 6, December 2024, Sequence Number: 3001005

Authors: 
Han Dong; Zhiyuan Huang; Xiaotao Yang; Zhuozhao Luo; Yu Zheng; Ruochen Yin; Wenbin He; Meng Pang; Xin Jiang

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Ultra-Low-Noise, Single-Frequency, All-PM Thulium- and Holmium-Doped Fiber Amplifiers at 1950 nm and 2090 nm for Third-Generation Gravitational Wave Detectors

Publication:
IEEE Photonics Journal, Volume: 16, Issue: 1, February 2024, Sequence Number: 1500809

Authors: 
Patrick Baer; Pelin Cebeci; Melina Reiter; Florian Bontke; Martin Giesberts; Hans-Dieter Hoffmann