Sylwester Porowski
Appearance
Sylwester Porowski | |
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Born | |
Alma mater | University of Warsaw |
Known for | Blue laser build with GaN monocrystals[1] |
Awards | Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2013) |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Optoelectronics, solid-state physics |
Institutions | Polish Academy of Sciences |
Sylwester Andrzej Porowski (born April 7, 1938 in Bierzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), 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]