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Nobel laureate Shuji Nakamura to receive honorary doctorate from University of Oxford
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Blue Light — A Beacon Against Darkness
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED
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May 6, 2026 |
Compound Semiconductor Seminar - Professor Greg Mazur
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Compound Semiconductor Seminar - Professor Richard Mirin
In Memoriam
Herbert Kroemer
(1928-2024)
Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2000
Prize motivation: "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
Learn more about Professor Herbert Kroemer