DocumentCode
1113971
Title
Invention of the injection laser at IBM
Author
Nathan, Marshall I.
Author_Institution
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
Volume
23
Issue
6
fYear
1987
fDate
6/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
679
Lastpage
683
Abstract
The events leading up to the observation of stimulated emission from GaAs p-n junctions at the IBM T. J. Watson Research Laboratory in 1962 are recounted, and the subsequent occurrences which culminated with the making of a GaAs laser are described.
Keywords
Gallium materials/lasers; History; Energy states; Gallium arsenide; Laboratories; Masers; Optical losses; Optical materials; Physics; Power lasers; Semiconductor lasers; Stimulated emission;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9197
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/JQE.1987.1073456
Filename
1073456
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