Finalists selected for 2025 SPIE Prism Awards

13 Nov 2024

Winning companies’ innovative photonics products will be announced at event at SPIE Photonics West in January.

The best new photonics products have been named finalists for the 2025 SPIE Prism Awards. The 24 products — from companies ranging from emerging innovators to industry stalwarts — across eight categories, will be honored on January 29th at SPIE Photonics West.

Rapidly developing technology areas such as quantum, sensors, imaging, and biomedical showcase the range and variety of this year’s entries and finalists. Newer companies such as Eoptic, Delta Life Science, previous SPIE Startup Challenge finalists Ki3 Photonics Technologies and FlulDect, and 2023 SPIE Prism Award winner Qunnect, will share the stage with more established companies such as Thorlabs, Leonardo, Trioptics, and NIL Technology.

Confirmed presenters for this year’s Prism Awards include Double Helix’s Leslie Kimerling, Edmund Optics’ Katie Schwertz, ETH Zurich’s Ursula Keller, Singular Photonics’ Shahida Imani, Notal Vision’s Nishant Mohan, Ruda Optical’s Kate Medicus, and Thorlabs’ Jennifer Cable.

Second SPIE Catalyst Award

This year, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, is also presenting the second SPIE Catalyst Award. This recognition honors for-profit companies with specific social or environmentally focused programs that have had significant positive impact, either within their workplace, on society at large, or on the environment.

Finalists for this year’s Catalyst Award are Schott, Thorlabs, and Vacuum Innovations, and Jessica Wade, of Imperial College London, will be presenting the award in this category.

SPIE CEO Kent Rochford commented, “These awards give us the opportunity to showcase and appreciate the impact that optics and photonics technologies have on our lives as well as the efforts required to bring them to market.”

The Award finalists and their participating products and programs:

• Biomedical – Enspectra Health, VIO; Delta Life Science, inQuiQ; and Norlase, LYNX
• Cameras and Imaging Systems – Eoptic, Eoptic Cambrian Edge; NIL Technology, metaEye™ Ultra-Compact Camera; and Thorlabs, Inc., Mini2P
• Lasers – n2-Photonics GmbH, MIKS1_M; Scantinel Photonics GmbH, Narrow linewidth hybrid-integrated laser; and Thorlabs, Inc., Long-Wave Infrared Supercontinuum Laser
• Optical Materials and Components – LightPath Technologies, BDNL Materials; Omega Optical, DeepUV Transmission Gratings; and xolo GmbH, Xube2 Lens 3D Printer
• Quantum Technologies – Ki3 Photonics Technologies, Q-COMB; Leonardo DRS (Daylight Solutions), Stretto®; and Qunnect, QU-RACK Gotham
• Sensors – EXALOS, 3-fiber SLED Transceiver EXC250033; FlulDect GmbH, SpheroScan Explorer; and Interherence GmbH, QUSCITE
• Software – BRELYON, BRELYON Visual Engine; HyperSpectral Corp., SpecAI; and PlanOpSim, PlanOpSim
• Test and Measurement – Innovations in Optics, Inc., LumiSun-50 LED Solar Simulator; Quartus Engineering Inc., OptiQuiver; and TRIOPTICS GmbH, OptiCentric® Bonding 5D MultiAlign
• Catalyst – SCHOTT AG, 100% hydrogen optical glass production; Thorlabs, Inc., Thorlabs Photonics Learning; and Vacuum Innovations, Vacuum Innovations’ Optical Coating Design & Technology Education

To view more information on the Prism Awards, visit the official website: www.photonicsprismaward.com.