| Eight candidates are nominated for the Berthold Leibinger Innovationspreis 2008. They are invited to present their work in person to the members of the jury and receive the distinction of nomination.
Topics include silicon photonics, medical lasers and applications, laser measuring devices, lasers for and in micro machining, car body production and microlithography.
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| Development of a 2-Micron Solid-State Laser for Minimal Invasive Neuro-Endoscopy at Infants with Hydrocephalus and for Urology
Dr. med. Hans Christoph Ludwig, Dr. med. Thorsten Knobloch, Prof. Dr. med. Veit Rohde, Neurosurgical Clinic of the University Medical Center Göttingen, Georg-August-University, Germany  | |||||||||
| Development of Silicon Photonics: Si-Based Detector Dr. Cary Gunn, Luxtera Corp., USA | |||||||||
| Holographic Data Storage
Dr. Nicolas Stoeckel, Bayer AG, Germany Dr. Friedrich Bruder, Bayer MaterialScience AG, Germany Dr. Kevin Curtis, Dr. Lisa Dhar, Dr. Adrian Hill, Dr. William Wilson, InPhase Technologies Inc., USA | |||||||||
| Laser Doppler Distance Sensor and its Applications
Prof. Dr. Jürgen Czarske, Dr. Lars Büttner, Thorsten Pfister, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Information Technology, Technische Universität Dresden, Germany | |||||||||
| Hybrid Analog-Digital and All-Digital Laser Beam Profiler:
A Paradigm Shift in Laser Beam Profiling Technology
Prof. Dr. Nabeel Riza, College of Optics & Photonics CREOL, University of Central Florida, USA & Nuonics Inc., USA | |||||||||
| Ultrafast Laser Technology: The Future of High-Precision Micro Machining in High-Volume Production
Dr. Jens König, Dr. Thorsten Bauer, Ulrich Graf, Robert Bosch GmbH, Germany | |||||||||
| RobScan - Robot-Guided Remote Scanner Laser Welding
Berthold Hopf, Dr. Klaus Debschütz, Daimler AG, Germany | |||||||||
| VUV Excimer Lasers for Advanced Microlithography
Dr. Richard Sandstrom, Dr. Bill Partlo, Cymer Inc., USA | |||||||||
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