Herbert Walther Award

The Herbert Walther Award honors Professor Herbert Walther for the seminal influence of his path-breaking innovations in quantum optics and atomic physics, and for his wide-ranging contributions to the international scientific community.  The Award is jointly made by Deutsche Physikalische Gesellschaft (DPG) and the Optical Society of America (OSA), and presented by each society in alternate years.

The Award recognizes distinguished contributions in quantum optics and atomic physics as well as leadership in the international scientific community.

The first award will be presented by OSA in 2009.  Nominations should be submitted to OSA by October 1, 2008.

The OSA Foundation has endowed this award with the support of corporate contributors, including Toptica Photonics AG and Messe Muenchen – LASER.World of Photonics and individual contributors Tony and Jeannie Siegman, Joseph and Shirley Eberly, Gerd Leuchs, Marlan Scully, Peter Knight, Wolfgang Ketterle and Y. Ron Shen.