Sylwester Porowski

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Sylwester Porowski
Born (1938-04-07)April 7, 1938
Bierzyn, Poland
Fields Optoelectronics, solid-state physics
Institutions Polish Academy of Sciences
Alma mater University of Warsaw
Known for Blue laser build with GaN monocrystals[1]
Notable awards Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2013)

Sylwester Porowski (born April 7, 1938 in Bierzyn[disambiguation needed]), a Polish physicist specializing in solid-state and high pressure physics. He works in The Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

In 2001 Professor Porowski's team built the blue semiconductor laser, a pioneering feat in the study of optoelectronics.

Porowski was awarded Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 2013 for developing a high-pressure method for producing gallium nitride monocrystals.[2]

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  1. http://www.fnp.org.pl/en/prof-dr-hab-sylwester-porowski-laureat-nagrody-fnp-2013/
  2. http://www.fnp.org.pl/en/prof-dr-hab-sylwester-porowski-laureat-nagrody-fnp-2013/