Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award

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Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award

Recognizes a recent and influential book in the field of optics and photonics that has contributed significantly to research, teaching, business or industry.

The award, presented in even-numbered years, was established in 2005 by Joseph W. and Hon Mai Goodman and is co-sponsored by Optica and SPIE.

Winners

Year	Book and Authors
2024	Introduction to Infrared and Electro-Optical Systems, Third Edition,Ronald G. Driggers, Melvin H. Friedman, John W. Devitt, Orges Furxhi, Anjali Singh
2022	LiDAR Technologies and Systems, Paul F. McManamon
2020	Quantitative Biomedical Optics: Theory, Methods, and Applications, Irving J. Bigio and Sergio Fantini
2018	Hyperspectral Remote Sensing, Michael T. Eismann
2016	Tissue Optics: Light Scattering Methods and Instruments for Medical Diagnosis, Third Edition, Valery V. Tuchin
2014	Optical Metamaterials: Fundamentals and Applications, Wenshan Cai and Vladimir Shalaev
2012	Lens Design Fundamentals, Second Edition, Rudolf Kingslake and R. Barry Johnson
2010	Biomedical Optics: Principles and Imaging, Lihong V. Wang and Hsin-i Wu
2008	Introduction to the Theory of Coherence and Polarization of Light, Emil Wolf
2006	Foundations of Image Science, Harrison H. Barrett and Kyle J. Myers

In 2006, Honorable Mentions were selected:

Nonlinear Fiber Optics, 3rd edition, G.P. Agrawal
Nonlinear Optics, 2nd edition, Robert W. Boyd
Optical Imaging and Aberrations, Part II. Wave Diffraction Optics, Virendra N. Mahajan
Classical Optics and Its Applications, Masud Mansuripur
Modern Lens Design, Warren Smith