The Rank Prize for opto-electronics 1998
awarded to
Professor Robert A. Suris
The Rank Prize, the world's most prestigious award in optoelectronics,
was bestowed upon Robert Suris at a ceremony at the Royal Society of Medicine
held in London in December, 1998. This honor came for his contribution
to the invention
of the quantum cascade laser, demonstrated at Bell Labs in 1994. The
award cites four physicists, F. Capasso, R. F. Kazarinov (Bell
Labs), J. Faist (Univ. of Neuchatel, Switzerland), and R. Suris (Ioffe
Institute). Rank Prizes are given for achievements of "significant benefit
to mankind."
The original works on the theoretical prediction of quantum cascade
lasers were published by R. F. Kazarinov and R. A. Suris in 1971-1973.
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Possibility of the amplification of electromagnetic waves in a semiconductor
with a superlattice
R. F. Kazarinov and R. A. Suris
Sov. Phys. Semicond. v.5, #4, pp.707-709 (1971) [Fiz. Tech. Poluprovodn.
v.5, #4, pp.797-800 (1971)]
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Theory of electrical properties of semiconductors with superlattices,
R. F. Kazarinov and R. A. Suris
Sov. Phys. Semicond. v.7, #3, pp.347-352 (1973) [Fiz. Tech. Poluprovodn.
v.7, pp.488-498 (1973)]
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Electric and electromagnetic properties of semiconductors with a superlattice
R. F. Kazarinov and R. A. Suris
Sov. Phys. Semicond. v.6, #1, pp.120-131 (1972) [Fiz. Tech. Poluprovodn.
v.6, #1, pp.148-162 (1972)]
The full
story of the Cascade Laser from the Bell Labs
The Rank Prize Certificate
The Rank Prize Funds were established in 1972
by the late Lord Rank to encourage a greater understanding of the sciences
of nutrition and optoelectronics, two areas the British film pioneer believed
would be of special interest to mankind.
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