Carl Zeiss Research Award for perfect lens materials : Today, Martin Wegener and Kurt Busch are being honored with the Carl Zeiss Research Award 2006. With their work, the two scientists from the University of Karlsruhe have added decisive momentum to the fields of three-dimensional photonic crystals and optical metamaterials. The Carl Zeiss Research Award is seen as one of the most renowned prizes in the field of optics and is worth 25,000 euros. It was presented for the ninth time this year. Kurt Busch’s contributions to the theory of light propagation in structured materials and Martin Wegener’s experimental approaches have considerably enhanced the possibilities for the production of the three-dimensional photonic crystals.
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