Title :
Invention of the injection laser at IBM
Author :
Nathan, Marshall I.
Author_Institution :
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY
fDate :
6/1/1987 12:00:00 AM
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;
Journal_Title :
Quantum Electronics, IEEE Journal of
DOI :
10.1109/JQE.1987.1073456
