Isamu Akasaki

Isamu Akasaki, Nobel Laureate

Born: 1929-01-30 in Chiran, Japan

Gender: male

Field: Japanese electronic engineer (1929–2021)

Biography

Isamu Akasaki was a Japanese electronic engineer specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. He is best known for co-inventing the bright gallium nitride (GaN) p–n junction blue LED in 1989 and subsequently the high-brightness GaN blue LED as well.

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Nobel Prize Details

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2014

Awarded on: 2014-10-07

"for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources"

Affiliations:

  • Meijo University – Nagoya, Japan
  • Nagoya University – Nagoya, Japan
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