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Blue Light: A Fascinating Journey (Nobel Lecture)
Author(s) -
Akasaki Isamu
Publication year - 2015
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201502664
Subject(s) - blue light , electric light , light emitting diode , light source , optics , art , optoelectronics , nanotechnology , physics , materials science
In the beginning there was light : Mankind has pursued light sources since ancient times, starting with flames, then the development of electric light bulbs much later, and most recently the production of light‐emitting diodes. Isami Akasaki describes the historical progress that led to the invention of the first blue LED and related optical devices.