Noam Ophir has been selected as a semi-finalist in the 2010 Maiman Outstanding Student Paper Competition for his submission to the Conference on Lasers and Electro-Optics (CLEO)entitled "Broadband Continuous Wavelength Conversion of 10-Gb/s Data in Silicon Waveguides Spanning S-, C-, and L-Bands".
The Maiman Student Paper Competition honors Theodore Maiman for his amazing invention, the first working laser, and his other outstanding contributions to optics and photonics, and recognizes the innovation, research excellence and presentation skills in the areas of laser technology and electro-optics of a student. The award is endowed by a grant from by HRL Laboratories, LLC, IEEE Photonics Society (formerly LEOS) and APS Division of Laser Science and is administered by the OSA Foundation.