Compound semiconductors
Which trio of researchers received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics for inventing the high-brightness blue LED?
- AIsamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
- BWilliam Shockley, John Bardeen and Walter Brattain
- CLeo Esaki, Ivar Giaever and Brian Josephson
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Answer: A. Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura
Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura made high-brightness blue LEDs possible through achievements such as growing high-quality GaN crystals and realizing p-type GaN, and received the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics. Blue LEDs enabled the spread of white LED lighting and full-color displays.
- A. Correct. They received the 2014 prize for the blue LED.
- B. Shockley and colleagues received the 1956 prize for inventing the transistor.
- C. Leo Esaki and colleagues received the 1973 prize for work on tunneling.