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Jun-ichi Nishizawa was born on 12 September, 1926 in Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese physicist (1926–2018). Discover Jun-ichi Nishizawa's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 92 years old?

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Age 92 years old
Zodiac Sign Virgo
Born 12 September, 1926
Birthday 12 September
Birthplace Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Date of death 21 October, 2018
Died Place Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan
Nationality Japan

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Jun-ichi Nishizawa (西澤 潤一) was a Japanese engineer and inventor.

1926

Nishizawa was born in Sendai, Japan, on September 12, 1926.

1948

He earned a B.S. in 1948, and a Doctor of Engineering degree in 1960, from Tohoku University.

1950

He is known for his electronic inventions since the 1950s, including the PIN diode, static induction transistor, static induction thyristor, SIT/SITh.

His inventions contributed to the development of internet technology and the information age.

He was a professor at Sophia University.

He is considered the "Father of Japanese Microelectronics".

In 1950, the static induction transistor was invented by Jun-ichi Nishizawa and Y. Watanabe.

The PIN photodiode was also invented by Nishizawa and his colleagues in 1950.

1952

In 1952, he invented the avalanche photodiode.

1953

In 1953, he joined the Research Institute of Electrical Communication at Tohoku University.

He became a professor there and was appointed director to two research institutes.

1955

He then invented a solid-state maser in 1955.

1957

This was followed by his proposal for a semiconductor optical maser in 1957, a year before Schawlow and Townes's first paper on optical masers.

1960

Nishizawa invented other technologies in the 1960s that contributed to the development of optical fiber communications, such as the graded-index optical fiber as a channel for transmitting light from semiconductor lasers.

1963

While working at Tohoku University, he proposed fiber-optic communication, the use of optical fibers for optical communication, in 1963.

1964

He patented the graded-index optical fiber in 1964.

1971

In 1971, he invented the static induction thyristor.

Nishizawa was a Life Fellow of the IEEE.

He is a Fellow of several other institutions, including the Physical Society, the Russian Academy of Sciences, and the Polish Academy of Sciences.

1974

He also received the Japan Academy Prize (1974), IEEE Jack A. Morton Award (1983), the Honda Prize and the Laudise Prize of the International Organization for Crystal Growth (1989).

1989

Nishizawa was decorated with Order of Culture by the emperor of Japan in 1989.

1990

From 1990 to 1996, Nishizawa served as the President of Tohoku University.

1998

He became the president of Iwate Prefectural University in 1998.

2000

IEEE conferred the Edison Medal on him in 2000, and introduced the IEEE Jun-ichi Nishizawa Medal in 2002.

He has more than a thousand patents registered under his name.