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Hiroshi Amano

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Hiroshi Amano
天野 浩
Born (1960-09-11) September 11, 1960 (age 63)
Hamamatsu, Japan[1]
Alma materNagoya University
Known forBlue and white LEDs
AwardsNobel Prize in Physics (2014)
Person of Cultural Merit (2014)
Order of Culture (2014)
Foreign Member of National Academy of Engineering (2016)
Scientific career
InstitutionsNagoya University
Doctoral advisorIsamu Akasaki

Hiroshi Amano (天野 浩, Amano Hiroshi, born September 11, 1960) is a Japanese physicist, engineer and inventor specializing in the field of semiconductor technology. For his work he was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics together with Isamu Akasaki and Shuji Nakamura for "the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources".[2]

Amano was elected as a member of the National Academy of Engineering in 2016 for the development of p-type gallium nitride (GaN) doping, enabling blue semiconductor LEDs.

Early life and education[edit]

Amano was born in Hamamatsu, Japan, on September 11, 1960. He received his BE, ME and DE degree in 1983, 1985 and 1989, respectively, from Nagoya University.

During elementary school days, he played soccer as a goalkeeper and softball as a catcher. He was also passionate about amateur radio and despite hating studying, he was good at mathematics. Upon entering high school, he began taking his studies seriously and became a top student by studying every day late into the night.

Career[edit]

Blue light-emitting diodes

From 1988 to 1992, he was a research associate at Nagoya University. In 1992, he moved to Meijo University, where he was an assistant professor. From 1998 to 2002, He was an associate professor. In 2002, he became a professor. In 2010, he moved to the Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University, where he is currently a professor.

He joined Professor Isamu Akasaki's group in 1982 as an undergraduate student. Since then, he has been doing research on the growth, characterization and device applications of group III nitride semiconductors, which are well known as materials used in blue light-emitting diodes today. In 1985, he developed low-temperature deposited buffer layers for the growth of group III nitride semiconductor films on a sapphire substrate, which led to the realization of group-III-nitride semiconductor based light-emitting diodes and laser diodes. In 1989, he succeeded in growing p-type GaN and fabricating a p-n-junction-type GaN-based UV/blue light-emitting diode for the first time in the world.

Known to be keen on research, Amano's laboratory was always lit late at night, such as weekdays, holidays, New Year's Day, and was called "no night castle".[3] According to his students in the laboratory, Amano has an optimistic and temperate personality, and is never angry.[4][5]

Recognition[edit]

Awards and honors[edit]

with Shuji Nakamura and Isamu Akasaki (at the Grand Hôtel on December 8, 2014)
with Shinzō Abe (at the Prime Minister's Official Residence on October 22, 2014)

Honorary doctorates[edit]

Regional honorary title[edit]

Learned societies membership[edit]

Family[edit]

Amano's wife is a Japanese lecturer at Comenius University in Bratislava, Slovakia.[10] Their son graduated from the University of Tokyo, and their daughter received a master's degree in agriculture from Kyoto University. Both are among the top two universities in Japan.

Selected publications[edit]

  • Amano, H.; Sawaki, N.; Akasaki, I.; Toyoda, Y. (February 3, 1986). "Metalorganic vapor phase epitaxial growth of a high quality GaN film using an AlN buffer layer". Applied Physics Letters. 48 (5). AIP Publishing: 353–355. Bibcode:1986ApPhL..48..353A. doi:10.1063/1.96549. ISSN 0003-6951.
  • Amano, Hiroshi; Akasaki, Isamu; Kozawa, Takahiro; Hiramatsu, Kazumasa; Sawaki, Nobuhiko; Ikeda, Kousuke; Ishii, Yoshikazu (1988). "Electron beam effects on blue luminescence of zinc-doped GaN". Journal of Luminescence. 40–41. Elsevier BV: 121–122. Bibcode:1988JLum...40..121A. doi:10.1016/0022-2313(88)90117-2. ISSN 0022-2313.
  • Amano, Hiroshi; Kito, Masahiro; Hiramatsu, Kazumasa; Akasaki, Isamu (December 20, 1989). "P-Type Conduction in Mg-Doped GaN Treated with Low-Energy Electron Beam Irradiation (LEEBI)". Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 28 (Part 2, No. 12). Japan Society of Applied Physics: L2112–L2114. Bibcode:1989JaJAP..28L2112A. doi:10.1143/jjap.28.l2112. ISSN 0021-4922.
  • Murakami, Hiroshi; Asahi, Tsunemori; Amano, Hiroshi; Hiramatsu, Kazumasa; Sawaki, Nobuhiko; Akasaki, Isamu (1991). "Growth of Si-doped AlxGa1–xN on (0001) sapphire substrate by metalorganic vapor phase epitaxy". Journal of Crystal Growth. 115 (1–4). Elsevier BV: 648–651. Bibcode:1991JCrGr.115..648M. doi:10.1016/0022-0248(91)90820-u. ISSN 0022-0248.
  • Itoh, Kenji; Kawamoto, Takeshi; Amano, Hiroshi; Hiramatsu, Kazumasa; Akasaki, Isamu (September 15, 1991). "Metalorganic Vapor Phase Epitaxial Growth and Properties of GaN/Al0.1Ga0.9N Layered Structures". Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 30 (Part 1, No. 9A). Japan Society of Applied Physics: 1924–1927. Bibcode:1991JaJAP..30.1924I. doi:10.1143/jjap.30.1924. ISSN 0021-4922. S2CID 123428785.
  • I. Akasaki, H. Amano, K. Itoh, N. Koide & K. Manabe, Int. Phys. Conf. Ser. 129, 851 (1992).
  • Akasaki, Isamu; Amano, Hiroshi; Sota, Shigetoshi; Sakai, Hiromitsu; Tanaka, Toshiyuki; Koike, Masayoshi (November 1, 1995). "Stimulated Emission by Current Injection from an AlGaN/GaN/GaInN Quantum Well Device". Japanese Journal of Applied Physics. 34 (11B). Japan Society of Applied Physics: L1517. doi:10.7567/jjap.34.l1517. ISSN 0021-4922. S2CID 122963134.

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "University Webpage". Nagoya University. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  2. ^ "The 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics – Press Release". Nobelprize.org. Nobel Media AB 2014. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
  3. ^ "快挙の師弟、笑顔で握手＝「今も緊張」天野さん―赤崎さん、不夜城紹介・ノーベル賞 ｜ ガジェット通信". Archived from the original on October 15, 2014.
  4. ^ "「天野浩さんの人柄を仲間が紹介」". Archived from the original on October 11, 2014. Retrieved October 25, 2017.
  5. ^ INC, SANKEI DIGITAL (October 9, 2014). "ノーベル物理学賞受賞の天野浩教授 研究に没頭「とにかく熱心」 静岡". 産経ニュース.
  6. ^ "Chanda Kochhar among three Indians get Asia Game Changer awards". The Economic Times. September 16, 2015. Archived from the original on September 21, 2015. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
  7. ^ Jump up to: a b c d e f g h i chrome-extension://efaidnbmnnnibpcajpcglclefindmkaj/https://www.jsps.go.jp/file/storage/e-toplevel_2022/07_committee/01_Amano_2022.pdf
  8. ^ "Professor Hiroshi Amano". NAE Website.
  9. ^ 日本学士院会員の選定について | 日本学士院
  10. ^ "A Nobel Prize winner explains the use of LED lights". uniba.sk (in Slovak). Retrieved November 15, 2023.

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