Professor Hönle Award for outstanding final theses accomplished at the Munich University of Applied Sciences in the fields of optics and photonics.

The Professor Hönle Award, which was granted in 2021 for the first time, recognizes outstanding theses conducted at Munich University of Applied Sciences in the fields of optics and photonics. Munich´s region is one of the centers of optics and photonics industry, both nationally and internationally. In the department of Applied Sciences and Mechatronics at Munich University of Applied Sciences, optics, laser technology and photonics have a long tradition. Additionally, optics and photonics represent an important, profile-forming and strong research focus of the department. The Professor Hönle Award is donated by our long-time colleague Prof. Dr. Karl Hönle and is intended to strengthen optics and photonics at Munich University of Applied Sciences and to motivate talented students to carry out their major and final thesis in this field.

The prize is awarded in the following categories:

• Cooperative doctorate
• Master thesis
• Bachelor thesis

Professor Dr. Hönle
Reference: Fotostudio Sessner

Professor Dr. Karl Hönle

Professor Dr. Karl Hönle represented the fields of technical optics and laser technology at the department of Applied Sciences and Mechatronics at Munich University of Applied Sciences from 1979 to 2004. He is one of the founders of Dr. Hönle incorporated company, was its Chairman of the executive board and was a member of the supervisory committee since 1999.

Award winners 2021

Category: cooperative doctorate

Dr. Christoph Polzer (2500,-€)
Topic: two color – two photon STED-microscopy
Place of work: Place of work: Multiphoton Imaging Laboratory at Munich University of Applied Sciences
Cooperation: Prof. Dr. Joachim O. Rädler, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hellerer

Category: master thesis

M.Sc. Maximilian Spellauge (1000,-€)
Topic: Ultrafast dynamics and energetic studies of pulse duration dependent laser ablation of metals
Place of work: Laser Center at Munich University of Applied Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. rer. nat. Gerhard Heise

M.Sc. Andrea Stadler (1000,-€)
Topic: Simultanous temperature- and strain-measurements with fiber Bragg gratings in aluminum casts
Place of work: Laboratory of Photonics at Munich University of Applied Sciences
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Johannes Roths

M.Sc. Daniel Bernard (1000,-€)
Topic: Investigation of the mechanism and the influence of increasing numerical aperture of under-filled multimode fiber cables
Place of work: Laser Components GmbH
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Johannes Roths

Category: bachelor thesis

B.Sc. Philipp Gies (500,-€)
Topic: Time-resolved pump-probe microscopy of laser irradiated aluminium by ultrashort single pulses with durations from 500 fs to 20 ps
Place of work: Laser Center at Munich University of Applied Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. rer. nat. Gerhard Heise

B.Sc. Jens Hermann (500,-€)
Topic: Pulse Duration dependent Ablation Characteristics and Absorption Corrected Energetics of Aluminium irradiated by Ultrashort Single Pulses
Place of work: Laser Center at Munich University of Applied Sciences
Supervisor: Dr. rer. nat. Gerhard Heise

B.Sc. René von Künßberg (500,-€)
Topic: Effect of blue light filtering spectacle lenses on the pupil light reflex
Place of work: visual laboratory at Munich University of Applied Sciences
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Werner Eisenbarth

B.Sc. Alexander Röhrl (500,-€)
Topic: Characterization and axial alignment of glass fibers for the use for Raman-fiber-amplifiers
Place of work: Toptica Projects GmbH
Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Johannes Roths