Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award
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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 |
| 2024 |
Introduction to Infrared and Electro-Optical Systems, Third Edition,Ronald G. Driggers, Melvin H. Friedman, John W. Devitt, Orges Furxhi, Anjali Singh |
| 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
