Izuo Hayashi
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| Born | May 1, 1922 Tokyo, Japan[1] |
| Died | September 26, 2005 (aged 83) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
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| Fields | Physics |
Izuo Hayashi (林 厳雄, Hayashi Izuo) (May 1, 1922 – September 26, 2005) was a Japanese physicist.
Hayashi was born in
semiconductor lasers. In 1971 he joined the Research Laboratories of NEC where he continued his studies of semiconductor lasers, aiming to improve their reliability and lifetime. Between 1982 and 1987 he was a head scientist at NEC, and in 1987–1994 became director of the Optoelectronics Technology Research Laboratory in Tsukuba. From 1994 until retirement in 1996, he served as advisor in the same laboratory. Hayashi died of acute leukemia in 2005.[1][2]
Awards and honors
- Fujihara Award, Japan (1946)
- Prize from Institute of Electronics and Communication Engineers, Japan (1975)
- IEEE(1984)
- Asahi Prize, Japan (1986)
- C&C Prize (with Morton B. Panish), Japan (1986)
- IEEE David Sarnoff Award (1988)
- Marconi Prize (1993)
- Applied Physics Society Prize, Japan (2001)
- Kyoto Prize, Japan (2001)[1]
References
- ^ a b c Izuo Hayashi Archived 2011-05-15 at the Wayback Machine. Inamori Foundation
- ^ Obituary of Izuo Hayashi Archived 2012-07-28 at archive.today. The Engineering Academy of Japan (in Japanese)
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