Meet the
2024 Prism Finalists
Nine categories and 27 innovative photonics companies — congratulations to the 2024 cohort of Prism finalists! Read the full press release announcing the finalists.
We celebrated all of the finalists at the gala event at SPIE Photonics West, where the 2024 winners were announced, including the very first winner of the new SPIE Catalyst Award.
Category of AR VR MR
DigiLens, Inc.
ARGO™
LetinAR
PinTILT™
Porotech
DPT® (DynamicPixelTurning®)
Category of AUTONOMY
ANELLO Photonics
SiPhOG™ (Silicon Photonics Optical Gyroscope)
Boston Micro Fabrication (BMF)
microArch S350
Santec
Wafer Thickness Mapping System TMS-2000
Category of Biomedical
JenLab GmbH
MPTcompact
Ondine Biomedical Inc.
Steriwave® nasal photodisinfection
PhotoSound Technologies Inc.
MoleculUS
Category of cameras and imaging
Heliotis AG
heliCam C4
Optotune
ELM-75 gravity compensated liquid lens
Thorlabs, Inc.
Prelude® Functional Imaging Microscope
Category of lasers
EKSPLA
FemtoLux 30
inPhocal
PHOC-1
TRUMPF
TOP Cleave 3D
Category of quantum tech
AUREA Technology
GIGAXEA GHz photon detector
Qunnect
QU-APC
Ushio Inc.
HL70021DG and HL70031DG
Category of sensors
ams OSRAM
TCS3530 True Color Sensor
Pixel Photonics GmbH
Dena Detector series: WI-SNSPD (Waveguide-Integrated Superconducting Nanowire Single Photon Detector)
Scantinel Photonics GmbH
Scantinel X-One
Category of software
Frenel Imaging
TPiCore©
LightTrans International GmbH
VirtualLab Fusion – Distributed Computing Package
PlanOpSim
PlanOpSim
Category of test and measurement
LithOptek LLC
CDOP (CD-Optimizer)
Redback Systems Pty Ltd.
RS10k Spectrometer
Persistence Data Mining, Inc.
Soilytics®
spie catalyst award finalists
Ball Aerospace: GEMS (Geostationary Environmental Monitoring Spectrometer) and TEMPO (Tropospheric Emissions: Monitoring of Pollution)
Intel Corporation: Innovative and Inclusive Semiconductor Workforce Development Programs: QuickStart and Returnships
Thorlabs, Inc.: Thorlabs Mobile Photonics Lab Experience