Morton B. Panish
American physical chemist (born 1929) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Morton B. Panish (born April 8, 1929) is an American physical chemist who, with Izuo Hayashi, developed a room-temperature continuous wave semiconductor laser in 1970. For this achievement he shared the Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology in 2001.
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Born | (1929-04-08) April 8, 1929 (age 95) Brooklyn, New York |
Citizenship | American |
Alma mater | Michigan State University |
Known for | Semiconductor lasers |
Spouse | Evelyn Wally Chaim (20 August 1951)[1] |
Children | Steven Chaim Panish, Paul William Panish, Deborah Faye Panish[1] |
Awards | C&C Prize, IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award; member of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering[2] |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Physical chemistry |
Institutions | Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Avco, Bell Labs[2] |
Thesis | (1954) |
Doctoral advisor | Max Rogers[3] |
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Panish was elected to the National Academy of Engineering in 1986 and to the National Academy of Sciences in 1987.