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What did Isamu Akasaki invent?
blue light-emitting diodes
Prize motivation: “for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources.”
Who made the first blue LED?
Isamu Akasaki
TOKYO (Kyodo) — Japanese physicist Isamu Akasaki, a co-winner of the 2014 Nobel Prize in physics for inventing the world’s first efficient blue light-emitting diodes, has died, Meijo University said Friday. He was 92.
How blue LED was invented?
When Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura produced bright blue light beams from their semi-conductors in the early 1990s, they triggered a fundamental transformation of lighting technology. Red and green diodes had been around for a long time but without blue light, white lamps could not be created.
Who invented white LED?
. Jürgen Schneider
His invention illuminates the world: Prof. Dr. Jürgen Schneider, former head of department at Fraunhofer Institute for Applied Solid State Physics and inventor of the white LED, celebrates his 80th birthday at 25.11. 2011.
What are blue LEDs used for?
Switching more houses and buildings over to LEDs could significantly reduce the world’s electricity and materials consumption for lighting. A white LED light is easy to make from a blue one. Engineers use a blue LED to excite some kind of fluorescent chemical in the bulb. That converts the blue light to white light.
When was blue light created?
Professors Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura made the first blue LEDs in the early 1990s. This enabled a new generation of bright, energy-efficient white lamps, as well as colour LED screens. The winners will share prize money of eight million kronor (£0.7m).
Who got Nobel for LED?
Shuji Nakamura
| Shuji Nakamura FREng | |
|---|---|
| Alma mater | University of Tokushima |
| Known for | Blue and white LEDs |
| Awards | Millennium Technology Prize (2006) Harvey Prize (2009) Nobel Prize in Physics (2014) Global Energy Prize (2015) National Inventors Hall of Fame (2015) Mountbatten Medal (2017) Zayed Future Energy Prize (2018) |
When were red LEDs invented?
Robert Biard and Gary Pittman invented an infra-red LED light in 1961 while working at Texas Instruments. Due to its microscopic size, it did not have practical everyday use.
What is a blue LED?
LEDs have a longer lifespan, emit less heat, and use less electricity than both incandescent and compact fluorescent light sources. The invention of blue LEDs meant that blue, red, and green could all be combined to produce white LED light, which can function as an alternative energy-saving light source.
When was blue LED discovered?
Professors Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura made the first blue LEDs in the early 1990s. This enabled a new generation of bright, energy-efficient white lamps, as well as colour LED screens.
Who won the blue LED Nobel Prize?
Of all the physics Nobel prizes awarded in the past 60 years, the one with the greatest impact on everyday life is undoubtedly the one shared by Isamu Akasaki, Hiroshi Amano and Shuji Nakamura in 2014.