The award is presented for exceptional contribution to the field of optical polarization
BELLINGHAM, Washington, USA and CARDIFF, UK – Yesterday evening, at the Awards Banquet at SPIE Optics + Photonics in San Diego, SPIE, the international society for optics and photonics, honored Joseph Shaw with its G.G. Stokes Award in Optical Polarization. Shaw was recognized for contributions made to the understanding of the distribution of optical polarization in the natural environment through the development of instruments, measurement methods, and analysis techniques.