2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

2 Japanese, American awarded Nobel Prize for inventing blue LED

TOKYO, Japan - Combined photo shows (from L) Shuji Nakamura, professor at the University of California in Santa Barbara, Isamu Akasaki, professor at Meijo University in Nagoya, and Hiroshi Amano, professor at Nagoya University, who were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 2014 on Oct. 7, 2014, for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes. Akasaki and Amano are Japanese and Nakamura is a Japanese-born American.

  • Product Code
  • ILEA001208007
  • Registered date
  • 2014/10/07 00:00:00
  • Credit
  • Kyodo / Kyodo News Images
  • Media source
  • 2014 Kyodo News
  • Media size
  • 1434 × 764 pixel
  • Resolution
  • 240 dpi
  • Deployment size
  • 123.22(KB)*
  • Special instruction

*File size when opened in Photoshop, etc.

Similar Images & Videos
    Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

    Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

    NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano (L), who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, and his wife Kasumi arrive at Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokonome on Dec. 16, 2014, from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."
      Nobel laureate Amano shows certificate upon return home

      Nobel laureate Amano shows certificate upon return home

      NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano, one of the three Japanese physicists awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, shows his certificate at a press conference at Chubu Centrair International Airport near Nagoya, central Japan, on Dec. 16, 2014, upon returning home from an award ceremony in Stockholm, Sweden.
        Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

        Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

        NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano (L), who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds up the Nobel Prize medal in his left hand and a medal made from chocolate in his right, while his wife Kasumi holds the Nobel Prize diploma, at Chubu Centrair International Airport in central Japan on Dec. 16, 2014, upon arrival from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."
          Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

          Nobel laureate Amano returns from Stockholm

          NAGOYA, Japan - Nagoya University Professor Hiroshi Amano, who won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics, holds his Nobel Prize medal as he arrived at the Chubu Centrair International Airport in the central Japan city of Tokonome on Dec. 16, 2014, from Stockholm, Sweden, where he attended the award ceremony. He said, "The entire week was like a dream."
            Nobel laureate Nakamura after award ceremony in Stockholm

            Nobel laureate Nakamura after award ceremony in Stockholm

            STOCKHOLM, Sweden - University of California professor Shuji Nakamura (C) poses for photographers after receiving the Noble Prize in the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2014.
              Tokyo Skytree lit up in 4 colors

              Tokyo Skytree lit up in 4 colors

              TOKYO, Japan - Tokyo Skytree, the world's tallest free-standing tower, is illuminated in the three primary colors of red, green and blue (from L) and their combined color of white (far R) with LED lighting in Tokyo on Dec. 11, 2014, in an event to celebrate three Japan-born winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2014 for developing an efficient blue LED.
                Nobel laureate Amano with family after award ceremony

                Nobel laureate Amano with family after award ceremony

                STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano (C) poses with his family after receiving the Nobel Prize in Physics at a ceremony in the Stockholm Concert Hall in the Swedish capital on Dec. 10, 2014.
                  Nagoya landmarks lit by blue LEDs to hail Nobel prize

                  Nagoya landmarks lit by blue LEDs to hail Nobel prize

                  NAGOYA, Japan - The Nagoya TV Tower and the Oasis 21 complex (foreground) are illuminated in blue with light-emitting diodes in Nagoya on Dec. 10, 2014, in celebration of the winning of the Nobel Prize in Physics by Nagoya University professor Hiroshi Amano and Meijo University professor Isamu Akasaki for inventing the blue LED. Both universities are located in the central Japan city. Another Japanese scientist, University of California professor Shuji Nakamura, also shared the honor for the same invention.
                    Fixer helps Nobel laureate in blue LED invention

                    Fixer helps Nobel laureate in blue LED invention

                    STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Akio Ishida, a senior researcher at the Japan Science and Technology Agency, speaks after listening to commemorative lectures by three Japanese winners of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Physics in Stockholm on Dec. 8, 2014. Ishida played a leading role in linking the work of Isamu Akasaki, one of the three Nobel laureates and the world's first inventor of a blue light-emitting diode, with LED manufacturers.
                      Nobel laureate Nakamura makes speech in Stockholm

                      Nobel laureate Nakamura makes speech in Stockholm

                      STOCKHOLM, Sweden - Shuji Nakamura, a professor at the University of California, Santa Barbara, and one of three scientists awarded this year's Nobel Prize in Physics, makes a commemorative speech in Stockholm, Sweden, on Dec. 8, 2014, prior to the Dec. 10 award ceremony.