The Thuringian Research Award was presented today in the category of transfer to research scientists from the Leibniz Institute of Photonic Technology (IPHT) in Jena. Prof. Dr. Hartmut Bartelt and his team received this coveted award for the transfer of an innovative fiber optics technology to a spin-off of IPHT by the name of FBGS Technologies GmbH. [The PDF below contains the full German press release]