Tingye Li Innovation Prize (OFC)
Foundation
Tingye Li Innovation Prize (OFC)
Be recognized for innovation and research excellence at OFC.
Program Prize
US$3,000
Foundation
Established in 2013, the Tingye Li Innovation Prize honors the global impact Tingye Li made to laser science and optical fiber communications.
The prize recognizes innovation and research excellence, and is presented to an early career member of Optica, the IEEE Communications Society or the IEEE Photonics Society who has an exceptional accepted paper to OFC. The recipient receives US $3,000.
This program is endowed by Alliance Fiber Optic Products, Inc., AT&T, Optica, the IEEE Photonics Society, the IEEE Communications Society, Thorlabs, Inc., the Li family and supporters of the Tingye Li Memorial Fund.
Application Information
How To Apply
Submit a paper to OFC, opt into the competition, and complete a short questionnaire. Learn more on the conference website.
Applicant Requirements
- Be a current early career member of Optica, the IEEE Communications Society or the IEEE Photonics Society
- Be within five (5) years of receiving your terminal degree
- Have an accepted paper to OFC, "opted in" during the submission process, and completed the questionnaire
- Demonstrate innovative ideas and research excellence in your paper
Application Requirements
- Opt in during the submission process,
- Confirm membership status in Optica, the IEEE Communications Society or the IEEE Photonics Society
- Confirm you are within five (5) years of receiving your terminal degree
- Describe the innovative nature of the work contained in your paper, and outline how you contributed to the work being presented (500 words or less)
- Provide a brief (500 words or less) biography
If you have questions, please contact prizes@optica.org.
2025 Recipient
Masanori Nakamura
NTT Network Innovation Laboratories
For their paper “628 Gb/s Net Bitrate IMDD Transmission Using Ultra-Broadband InP-DHBT-Based Electrical Mixer With Upper-Sideband Gain-Enhanced Mode”
Past Recipients
2024
Josuke Ozaki
NTT Innovative Devices, Japan
For their paper "Net-1.8 Tbps/λ Transmission Enabled by C+L-band InP-based Coherent Driver Modulator"
2023
Benjamin Crockett
INRS, Canada
For their paper "Enhancing the Quantum Correlation of Biophotons via Coherent Energy Redistribution"
2022
Hesham Sakr
Lumenisity Limited, UK
For their paper "Hollow Core NANFs with Five Nested Tubes and Record Low Loss at 850, 1060, 1300 and 1625nm"
2021
Nicolas Fontaine
Nokia Bell Labs, USA
For their paper "Optical mode sorter that converts an optical beam consisting of a bunch of pixels into thousands of Laguerre-Gaussian (LG) modes"
2020
Di Che
Nokia Bell Labs, USA
For their paper "Single-Channel Direct Detection Reception beyond 1 Tb/s"
2019
Eric Numkam Fokoua
University of Southampton, UK
For their paper "Polarization Effects on Thermally Stable Latency in Hollow- Core Photonic Bandgap Fibres"
2018
Benjamin Lee
IBM TJ Watson Research Center, USA
For their paper "FEC-Free 60-Gb/s Silicon Photonic Link Using SiGe-Driver ICs Hybrid-Integrated with Photonics-Enabled CMOS"
2017
Tetsuya Hayashi
Sumitomo Electric, Japan
For their paper "125-μm-cladding Coupled Multi-core Fiber with Ultra-low Loss of 0.158 dB/km and Record-low Spatial Mode Dispersion of 6.1 ps/km1/2"
2016
Kohki Shibahara
NTT, Japan
For their paper "Dense SDM (12-Core × 3-Mode) Transmission Over 527 km With 33.2-ns Mode-Dispersion Employing Low-Complexity Parallel MIMO Frequency-Domain Equalization"
2015
Tae Joon Seok
University of California, Berkeley, USA
For their paper "Silicon photonic switches"
Selection Committee
The recipient is selected by the OFC conference chairs.
