Electronics

Morton B. Panish

U. S. A / April 8, 1929
Physical Chemist; Member, The U.S. National Academies of Sciences and Engineering

"Success in continuous operation of semiconductor lasers at room temperature - a pioneering step in optoelectronics"
Dr. Alferov, Dr. Hayashi and Dr. Panish have made pioneering contributions to the development of optoelectronics as we know it today with the achievement of continuous wave operation of semiconductor lasers at room temperature. They have thus paved the way for commercial use of electronic devices that play an essential role in the building of information infrastructures supporting the worldwide IT revolution.

BRIEF BIOGRAPHY

1929	Born in New York, U. S. A.
1950	B.S., University of Denver
1954	Ph.D., Physical Chemistry, Michigan State University
1954-1957	Oak Ridge National Laboratory
1957-1964	Member, Technical Staff, RAD division, AVCO Corp.
1964-1969	Member of Technical Staff, Bell Telephone Laboratories (now Bell Laboratories)
1969-1986	Department Head, the same laboratory
1969-1992	Distinguished Member of Technical Staff, the same laboratory
1992	Retired from the same laboratory

AWARDS AND HONORS

1972	Electronics Diversion Award, Electrochemical Society
1976	Fellow, The American Physical Society
1979	Solid State Science Award
1986	C&C Prize (with Hayashi), Japan
1990	International Crystal Growth Award, American Association of Crystal Growth
1990	Fellow, IEEE
1991	Morris N. Liebmann Award, Institute Electric and Electronic Engineers
1994	John Bardeen Award, The Minerals, Metals and Material Society, U. S. A.
Members:	National Academy of Sciences, National Academy of Engineering

MAJOR WORKS

1969	A Low Threshold Room - Temperature Injection Laser. IEEEJ. Quantum Electron, QE-5(4). (with I. Hayashi and P. W. Foy)
1970	Double Heterostructure Injection Lasers with Room-Temperature Thresholds as lowas 2300 A/cm² .Appl. Phys. Lett. 16(8). (with I. Hayashi and S. Sumski)
1970	Junction Lasers Which Operate Continuouslyat Room-Temperature. Appl. Phys. Lett.17( 3). (with I. Hayashi and others)
1971	Ga As-Al Ga As Double Heterostructure Injection Lasers. J. Appl .Phys .42(5). (with I. Hayashi and F. K. Reinhart)

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