Isamu Akasaki

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Isamu Akasaki was a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for pioneering the development of efficient blue light-emitting diodes (LEDs), which revolutionized lighting and display technologies.

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instanceOf Japanese physicist
Nobel laureate
human
physicist
awardReceived Edison Medal
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Japan Academy Prize
Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
Nobel Prize in Physics
Order of Culture
countryOfCitizenship Japan
dateOfBirth 1929-01-30
dateOfDeath 2021-04-01
degree Doctor of Engineering
educatedAt Kyoto University
employer Matsushita Electric Industrial Co.
Matsushita Research Institute Tokyo
Meijo University
Nagoya University
familyName Akasaki
fieldOfWork optoelectronics
physics
semiconductor physics
givenName Isamu
honor Person of Cultural Merit (Japan)
surface form: Person of Cultural Merit of Japan
influenced energy-efficient lighting technologies
modern solid-state lighting
knownFor development of efficient blue light-emitting diodes
gallium nitride (GaN) based LEDs
pioneering work on blue LEDs
memberOf Japan Academy
name Isamu Akasaki self-link
nativeLanguage Japanese
NobelPrize.category Physics
NobelPrize.motivation for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources
NobelPrize.year 2014
placeOfBirth Chiran
Japan
Kagoshima Prefecture
placeOfDeath Aichi Prefecture
Japan
Nagoya
positionHeld professor at Meijo University
professor at Nagoya University
researchFocus gallium nitride crystal growth
high-brightness blue LEDs
p-type doping of gallium nitride
sharedNobelPrizeWith Hiroshi Amano
Shuji Nakamura

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IEEE Photonics Award notableRecipient Isamu Akasaki
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Hiroshi Amano doctoralAdvisor Isamu Akasaki
Hiroshi Amano sharedNobelPrizeWith Isamu Akasaki
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Japan Academy Prize hasRecipient Isamu Akasaki
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天野 浩 notableStudentOrCollaborator Isamu Akasaki
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this entity surface form: 赤崎勇
Shuji sharesNobelPrizeWith Isamu Akasaki
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Akasaki usedBy Isamu Akasaki
Akasaki notableBearer Isamu Akasaki