Nick Holonyak
Nick Holonyak Jr. ( 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. This device was the forerunner of the first generation of commercial light-emitting diodes (LEDs). He was then working at a General Electric research laboratory near Syracuse, New York. He left General Electric in 1963 and returned to his alma mater, the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where he later became John Bardeen Endowed Chair in Electrical and Computer Engineering and Physics.
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nick Holonyak Holonyak in 2002 Born Nick Holonyak Jr. November 3, 1928 Zeigler, Illinois, US DiedSeptember 18, 2022 (aged 93) Urbana, Illinois, US EducationUniversity of Illinois (BS, MS, PhD) Known forInvention of the laser diode Awards IEEE Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Award (1973) IEEE Jack A. Morton Award (1981) IEEE Edison Medal (1989) National Medal of Science (1990) Charles Hard Townes Award (1992) NAS Award for the Industrial Application of Science (1993) Japan Prize (1995) Frederic Ives Medal (2001) National Medal of…
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