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Nick Holonyak Jr. (/ h ʌ l ɒ n j æ k / huh-LON-yak; November 3, 1928 – September 18, 2022) was an American engineer and educator. He is noted particularly for his 1962 invention and first demonstration of a semiconductor laser diode that emitted visible light.
May 9, 2024 · Nick Holonyak, Jr. was an American engineer who was known for his pioneering work with light-emitting diodes (LEDs), notably creating the first visible LED. Holonyak was the son of immigrants from what is now Ukraine.
Sep 30, 2022 · Nick Holonyak Jr., an electrical engineer who became known as the godfather of the LED lighting that illuminates flat-screen TVs and laptop computers, and who also developed lasers that enabled...
Sep 18, 2022 · CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — Nick Holonyak Jr., a renowned innovator of illumination, died Sept. 18 in Urbana, Ill. The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign professor was 93 years old.
Sep 30, 2022 · Nick Holonyak Jr., a prolific inventor and longtime professor of electrical engineering and computing, died on 17 September at the age of 93.
Sep 22, 2022 · Nick Holonyak Jr., whose development in 1962 of the first practical visible-spectrum light-emitting diode, or LED, proved a breakthrough that now has countless practical applications,...
Inventor and engineer Nick Holonyak revolutionized the lighting industry with his development of the first visible LED (light emitting diode). An LED is a semiconductor device that produces light from electricity.
Nick Holonyak Ph.D. is cited by most as the father of the visible light emitting diode (LED). His invention of the visible light (red) LED in 1962 at General Electric research labs in Syracuse, NY initiated a broad use of this technology enriching the lives of users everywhere.
Holonyak has been responsible for several important breakthroughs, particularly in the area of crystal preparation of compounds and ternary alloys, light-emitting diodes, and semiconductor lasers. Since 1976, he has conducted extensive research on quantum-well and other novel light-emitting structures.
Jul 26, 2023 · A member of the electrical engineering and physics faculties since 1963 and the John Bardeen Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics since 1993, Nick Holonyak Jr. is internationally recognized for major contributions to elemental and compound semiconductors, including semiconductor lasers and incoherent light ...
