Congratulations to the Prize Recipients!

The meeting recognizes the next generation of scientists through a student poster presentation competition. To qualify for the award, the paper must be presented by an undergraduate or graduate student of an educational institution of collegiate grade, and the student presents the paper as a poster. Students opt-in for consideration during the submission process.

The papers submitted to the competition are reviewed during the standard Technical Program Committee (TPC) review process. All posters of students who opt in for the award are reviewed. After the posters are presented, the program committee members decide on the winners based on poster content, poster presentation and the responses to questions.

Optica Student Paper Prize Recipient

Jan Sievers, Martin-Luther-University Halle, Germany
Title: Parallelized Data Acquisition Using a Fabry-Perot Sensor with Uniform Optical Thickness and a Camera-Based Tomograph for Photoacoustic Imaging
Abstract: To enhance acquisition speed for photoacoustic imaging, parallelized data acquisition scheme based on image-intensified sCMOS camera together with Fabry-Perot sensor with uniform optical thickness imaging is presented. The capability of backward-mode 3D photoacoustic imaging is demonstrated.

SPIE Student Paper Prize Recipient

Müge Topcu, Izmir Biomedicine and Genome Center, Dokuz Eylul University, Turkey
Title: Hybrid Fractional Fourier Transform Framework for Off-axis Digital Holographic Microscopy
Abstract: A hybrid fractional Fourier transform (FrFT) framework was proposed to enhance the resolution of amplitude reconstructions in digital off-axis holographic microscopy by combining digital and optical FrFT approaches through a simulation study.