Stay Tuned for 2025 Prism and Catalyst Award Winners
Congratulations to this year’s finalists! We are excited to see who surpasses the competition to take home these prestigious prizes.
Our 2025 winners will be announced live at the Award Ceremony at SPIE Photonics West on 29 January 2025. The winner of the Catalyst Award will also be awarded during the ceremony.
2024 Winners
2023 Winners
Past Winners
2022
Luxexcel, VisionPlatform™
Lumotive, Meta-Lidar™ Platform
SWIR Vision Systems, Acuros® eSWIR Camera
PlenOptika, QuickSee
BRELYON, Ultra Reality Display
Civan Lasers, OPA 6 Weld
LightPath Technologies, Freeform Optics
ColdQuanta, Albert: The Quantum Emulator Machine
Stuttgart Instruments, Alpha
Zemax, OpticStudio STAR Module
2021
ALPhANOV, Immersive Photonics Lab
Augmentiqs Medical, Augmentiqs 1000
BMF (Boston Micro Fabrication), microArch™ S240
Element Six, DNV-B1™
Kyocera SLD Laser, LaserLight W-IR SMD
nanoLambda, Digital Nano Spectrometer NSP32
Norlase, LION
RaySecur, MailSecur mmWave Scanner
Teledyne DALSA, Linea HS 32k/2.5μm TDI Camera
WaveOptics, WaveOptics Waveguide Platforms
2020
CloudMinds, Smart MEMs Handheld Raman XI²
InnolumeCW, Datacom Laser
Inspekto, Inspekto S70
Outsight, 3D Semantic Camera
Pendar Technologies, Pendar X10
PhotoniCare, TOMi Scope
Prisma Photonics, PrismaSense
TERA-print, TERA-Fab E Series
WaveOptics, Waveguides
2019
4D Technology, Nanometrics, 4D InSpec XL
Blackmore, Automotive Doppler Lidar System
CloudMinds, XI™ AI Raman Spectrometer
Double Helix, SPINDLE
Leica, BLK3D
Modular Photonics, OMPlex
nLIGHT, Corona
QD Laser, RETISSA Display
Smart Vision Lights, NanoDrive
TOPTICA Photonics, DLC TOPO
2018
AdlOptica, foXXus
Block Engineering, LaserWarn Analyzer
Class 5 Photonics, Supernova OPCPA
ContinUse Biometrics, SmartHealth Mod
LIMO, Activation Line UV-L750
Luminar, Model-G 3D LiDAR
Quantumcyte, Q1 - ArraySeQ
NKT Photonics, LIOS EN.SURE
SoraaLaser, LaserLight Fiber Module
Spheryx, xSight
2017
ALPhANov, GoSpectro
Crystalline Mirror Solutions, xtal mir
Leica Geosystems, Leica BLK360
Nufern - Coherent, NuBEAM Flat-Top
PolarOnyx, Tungsten-LAM
QD Laser, Ultra-Short Pulsed Seeder for Fiber Laser
Rapid Biosensor Systems, TB Breathalyser
Thorlabs, Mid-Infrared Supercontinuum Laser
TruTag Technologies, Handheld Hyperspectral Imager
2016
4D Technology, FlexCam
Biodesy, Biodesy Delta
Boulder Nonlinear Systems, Large Aperture LCPGs
Dolby, Christie & Necsel, Dolby Vision Cinema Laser Projector
First Light Imaging, C-RED One
LightFab, LightFab 3D Printer
Lytid, TeraCascade
Nanoco, CFQD© Quantum Dots
Spectral Engines, Wireless IR Analyzer
2015
BacterioScan, Laser Microbial Growth Monitor
Fianium, WhiteLase SC400-20
Hamamatsu, Micro-spectrometer
Inrad Optics, Stilbene Single Crystals
Intel, Corning & US Conec, MXC Connector
IPG Photonics, GLPN-500-R
LUXeXcel, Printoptical Technology
Seek Thermal & Raytheon, Seek Thermal Camera
WITec, RISE Microscopy
2014
AccuVein, AV400 Vein Viewing System
Compass-EOS, r10004 Router
HÜBNER, C-WAVE
HÜBNER, T-COGNITION
Nanoscribe, Photonic Professional GT
NECSEL, Frequency Converted Green Laser Array
Si-Ware Systems, MEMS FT-IR Spectrometer
Tornado Spectral Systems, OCTANE-860
V-Gen, VPFL-ISP-1-40-HE-50000
2013
Continuum, Horizon OPO
Heidelberg Instruments, Direct Write Pattern Generator
LEOSPHERE, R-MAN510 Aerosol Lidar
Linden Photonics, Lindex Optics Cleaners
OEwaves, Micro-Opto-Electronic Oscillator (uOEO)
Princeton Instruments, IsoPlane SCT Spectrograph
TAG Optics, TAG Lens 2.0
TeraDiode, TeraBlade
Verisante Technology, Aura
Visualant, ChromaID
2012
89 North, Heliophor
Amplitude Systèmes, Satsuma HE
MERMEC, T-Sight 5000
nanoplus, DFB laser at 3µm
OEwaves, Ultra-Narrow Linewidth Laser
Optotune, Laser Speckle Reducer
PD-LD, LabSource, VBG-stabilized dual laser source
WITec, True Surface Microscopy
2011
Block Engineering, LaserScan
Edmund Optics, TECHSPEC Plastic Hybrid Aspheric Lenses
EKSPLA, NT200-series lasers
Energetiq Technology, EQ-99 LDLS™ Laser-Driven Light Source
General Electric, TrueSense Personal Water Analytics
IPG Photonics, YLR-150 1500-QCW-AC
JenLab, MPTflex
LUMEN DYNAMICS, X-Cite XP750
PHOTONIS, Optical Receiver Module
Physical Optics Corporation, Mobile ELISA-based Pathogen Detection