Holonyak, Feng receive second patent for transistor laser

12/21/2007 Lauren Eichmann, ECE Illinois

ECE Professors Nick Holonyak Jr. and Milton Feng, post doctoral researcher Gabriel Walter, and former post doctoral researcher Richard Chan have received a second patent for their invention of the world's first transistor laser, a device that significantly changes the science and technology of lasers and introduces basic changes in the traditional transistor and what is known about its operation.

Written by Lauren Eichmann, ECE Illinois


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This story was published December 21, 2007.