Isamu Akasaki
Japanese engineer (1929-2021)
Isamu Akasaki (赤崎 勇, Akasaki Isamu, January 30, 1929 – April 1, 2021) was a Japanese engineer and physicist. He was best known for inventing the bright gallium nitride (GaN) p-n junction blue LED in 1989.[1][2][3][4]
Isamu Akasaki | |
|---|---|
| 赤崎 勇 | |
 Isamu Akasaki | |
| Born | January 30, 1929 |
| Died | April 1, 2021 (aged 92) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Alma mater | Kyoto University Nagoya University |
| Awards | Asahi Prize (2001) Takeda Award (2002) Kyoto Prize (2009) IEEE Edison Medal (2011) Nobel Prize in Physics (2014) Charles Stark Draper Prize (2015) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics, Engineering |
| Institutions | Meijo University Nagoya University |
Akasaki was awarded the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology in 2009.[5] He was also awarded the 2014 Nobel prize in Physics with Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura[6] "for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes, which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".
Akasaki died on April 1, 2021 at his home in Nagoya, Japan from pneumonia, aged 92.[7]
References
change- ↑ "Japanese Journal of Applied Physics". Jsap.jp. Archived from the original on July 22, 2012. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ↑ "Japanese Journal of Applied Physics". jsap.jp. Archived from the original on April 18, 2012. Retrieved 2015-11-10.
- ↑ Amano, Hiroshi; Kito, Masahiro; Hiramatsu, Kazumasa; Akasaki, Isamu (1989-12-20). "P-Type Conduction in Mg-Doped GaN Treated with Low-Energy Electron Beam Irradiation (LEEBI)". Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 28 (Part 2, No. 12). Japan Society of Applied Physics: L2112–L2114. Bibcode:1989JaJAP..28L2112A. doi:10.1143/jjap.28.l2112. ISSN 0021-4922.
- ↑ Isamu Akasaki; Hiroshi Amano; Masahiro Kito; Kazumasa Hiramatsu (1991). "Photoluminescence of Mg-doped p-type GaN and electroluminescence of GaN p-n junction LED". Journal of Luminescence. 48–49. Elsevier BV: 666–670. Bibcode:1991JLum...48..666A. doi:10.1016/0022-2313(91)90215-h. ISSN 0022-2313.
- ↑ "INAMORI FOUNDATION". Inamori-f.or.jp. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved November 10, 2015.
- ↑ "The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics - Press Release". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
- ↑ "Nobel-Winning Scientist Isamu Akasaki Dies at 92". nippon.com. April 2, 2021. Archived from the original on April 2, 2021. Retrieved April 2, 2021.
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