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IEEE Milestone Dedication: Invention of the Semiconductor Laser, 1962
February 23 @ 9:00 am - 1:00 pm
In the autumn of 1962, General Electric’s Schenectady and Syracuse facilities, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, and MIT Lincoln Laboratory each independently reported the first demonstrations of the semiconductor laser. Smaller than a grain of rice, powered using direct current injection, and available at wavelengths spanning the ultraviolet to the infrared, the semiconductor laser became ubiquitous in modern communications, data storage, and precision measurement systems.
IEEE New York Section’s Past Section Chair, Robert M. Pellegrino and Dr. James J. Wynne, IBM Research Headquarters, Winner of the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the Russ Prize of the National Academy of Engineering and Inductee into the National Inventors Hall of Fame have been working on finalizing this IEEE Milestone to celebrate the invention of the Semiconductor Laser since 2022.
Attendance at the Dedication Ceremony on Feb. 23, 2024 at the T. J. Watson Research Center in Yorktown Heights, NY is by “Invitation Only”.
Co-sponsored by: IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
Speaker(s): Jim Wynne, Bob Pellegrino
Agenda:
2:00 PM – Tours of Think Lab
3:00 PM – Formal Program
4:00 PM – Reception
Room: 1st Floor Auditorium, Bldg: Main Building, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, 1101 Kitchawan Road, Yorktown Heights, New York, United States, 10598