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
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