Morton Panish
Morton Panish · Science & Medicine
Co-developed the room-temperature semiconductor laser behind fiber optics; Kyoto Prize (2001)
1929, Brooklyn, New York, USA
United States (Bell Labs, Murray Hill, New Jersey)
Morton Panish is recognized among Jewish contributors to Science & Medicine — Co-developed the room-temperature semiconductor laser behind fiber optics; Kyoto Prize (2001)
Born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family, Panish was a physical chemist at Bell Labs. With Izuo Hayashi he achieved in 1970 the first semiconductor laser that could operate continuously at room temperature, using a double-heterostructure design. This breakthrough made compact, practical lasers possible and is the foundation of fiber-optic communication, optical storage and barcode scanners; he shared the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology in 2001.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Kyoto Prize
Co-developed the room-temperature semiconductor laser behind fiber optics; Kyoto Prize (2001)
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish recipients of the Kyoto Prize
