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Blue Light β€” A Beacon Against Darkness
Blue Light β€” A Beacon Against Darkness
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Shuji Nakamura - Blue Laser Fusion
Nobel Prize–Winning UCSB Professor Shuji Nakamura’s Company Developing New Laser-Powered Tech That Could Lead to Efficient, Endless Source of Energy
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Why It Was Almost Impossible to Make the Blue LED

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Umesh Mishra - GaN 2026 Marathon
Don't miss Professor Mishra's talk and come to π†πšπ 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐑𝐨𝐧 πŸπŸŽπŸπŸ”!
Emily Trageser PhD Defense2025
Congratulations to Emily Trageser! A group photo was taken at her PhD Defense
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Dr. Nicholas C. Miller

October 23, 2025 | Compound Semiconductor Seminar - Dr. Nicholas Miller from Michigan State University

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Oguz Odabasi

October 16, 2025 | Compound Semiconductor Seminar - Oguz Odabasi

In Memoriam

Herbert Kroemer (1928-2024)

Nobel Laureate in Physics, 2000

Prize motivation: "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"

Learn more about Professor Herbert Kroemer