Berthold Leibinger Zukunftspreis

The Berthold Leibinger Future Prize is an international award for outstanding research on the application or generation of laser light. With a non- purpose -bound prize money of 30,000 euros (as of 2012) he is awarded every two years by the Berthold Leibinger Stiftung since 2006. The international jury consists of laser experts, medical experts and business representatives.

Award winners

• 2006: H. Jeffrey Kimble, California Institute of Technology, " cavity quantum electrodynamics "
• 2008: Xiaoliang Sunney Xie, Harvard University, " Single-molecule biophysics and nonlinear optical microscopy,"
• 2010: Federico Capasso, Harvard University, " Quantum cascade lasers"
• 2012:. Osamu Kumagai, Sony Corp., "Multi- wavelength diode laser for backward compatibility of three generations of optical drive systems "