Terahertz Technology Prize

This prize is awarded to a person who contributed significantly to the promotion of terahertz science, terahertz technology, and their industrial applications.

Terahertz Technology Prize in FTT 2015 is awarded to Dr. René Beigang and Dr. Masanori Hangyo for their significant, unparalleled achievement in terahertz science and technology, especially the promotion of terahertz development. The award to the late Dr. Hangyo is very special showing our respect and many thanks for his lifetime contribution to the THz society.

The prize will be presented at a banquet on Tuesday evening, 1st September 2015 at Act City Hotel Hamamatsu.

Prize Winners

Dr. René Beigang
René Beigang pioneers on innovative terahertz (THz) wave science and technology, especially in the THz-wave measurement systems, nonlinear optics, and metamaterials at the University of Kaiserslautern. Further contribution has been devoted by building a bridge between academia and industries through the Department Terahertz Measurement and Systems of the Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measurement Techniques. He has published more than 300 papers in refereed journals and proceedings.

Profile

Education and Scientific Degree

1974

Diploma in Physics, Technical University of Hannover (with H. Wellegehausen)

1978

Ph.D., University of Hannover, (with H. Welling)

1984

Habilitation, Free University of Berlin

Scientific Curriculum

1979 – 1980

Postdoctoral associate, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N. Y., USA (with J. J. Wynne, D. Grischkowsky)

1981 – 1984

Assistant Professor, Free University of Berlin

1984 – 1986

Visiting scientist, IBM T. J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, N. Y., USA (with D. Grischkowsky and Ph. Avouris)

1986 – 1988

Visiting Scientist (Heisenberg-Stipend), University of Hannover (with H. Welling)

1988 – 1990

Managing Director, Institute for Industrial Image Processing Hannover

1991 – 1996

Associate Professor, University of Kaiserslautern

1996 –

Professor, Department of Physics, University of Kaiserslautern

2005 – 2013

Founder and Head of Department for Terahertz Measurement and Systems, Fraunhofer Institute for Physical Measuring Techniques (Location Kaiserslautern)

Honors and Awards

1985 – 1988

Heisenberg-Stipend of the German Science Foundation

2014

Joseph-von-Fraunhofer Award of the Fraunhofer Society FhG

Professional Activities

Member

German Physical Society; Optical Society of America

1995

Guest editor for Appl. Phys. B: special issue on optical parametric oscillators

2008

Guest editor for tm-Technisches Messen: special issue on THz generation and application

2009

Guest editor for JOSA B: special issue on THz

2010 –

Topical editor for IEEE Transactions on Terahertz Science and Technology (IEEE T- TST)

2010 –

Member of the International Organizing Committee IOC of the International Conference on Infrared, Millimeter and Terahertz Waves IRMMW-THz

2011

CEO of Photonik-Zentrum Kaiserslautern e. V. PZKL

2013

Organization of IRMMW-THz 2013 in Mainz, Germany

2015

CEO of Deutsches Terahertz-Zentrum e. V. DTZ

Dr. Masanori Hangyo
M. Hangyo’s research style was to understand scientific problems always based on physics. He gave rise to novel aspects in science and technology, particularly in problems of interaction between electromagnetic waves and solid materials. His eminent achievements are observations of terahertz (THz) radiation from superconductors and mapping of the supercurrent flow, the development of THz time domain spectroscopy using multimode laser diodes, and the spectroscopic study including metamaterials in THz region.

Profile

Education and Scientific Degree

1976 (B.Sci.)

Graduated from Department of Physics, Kyoto Univ.

1978 (M.Sci.)

Graduated from Department of Physics, Kyoto Univ.

1981 (Dr.Sci)

Doctor of Science, Kyoto Univ.

Scientific Curriculum

1981 – 1990

Research Associate, Dept. Appl. Phys., Osaka Univ.

1990 – 1996

Associate Professor, the Research Center for Superconducting Materials and Electronics, Osaka Univ.

1996 – 2000

Professor, RCSME, Osaka Univ.

2000 – 2004

Professor, Res. Ctr. for Superconducting Photonics, Osaka Univ.

2004 – 2014

Professor, Vice Director, Institute of Laser Engineering, Osaka Univ.

Honor

1996

Toyama PRIZE (Science)

Professional Activities

2012 – 2014

Member of the Int'l Organizing Committee of IRMMW-THz

2013 – 2014

President of the Terahertz Technology Forum in Japan

Terahertz Technology Prize Committee

Xi-Cheng Zhang (University of Rochester)(Chair)
Tomoya Hirosumi (IMRA America, Inc.)
Fritz Keilmann (Ludwigs-Maximilians-Universität)
Gun-Sik Park (Seoul National University)
Kiyomi Sakai (National Institute of Information and Communications Technology)
Cunlin Zhang (Capital Normal University)

Past Prize Winner