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Nobel lectures in physics


Fascinated journeys into blue light

 a, b
a Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogama-guchi, Nagoya, Tempaku-ku, 468-8502, Japan
b Nagoya University Akasaki Research Center, Furo-cho, Nagoya, Chikusa-ku, 464-8601, Japan

Nobel lecture, December 8, 2014

PACS: 42.72.Bj, 81.10.−h, 85.60.Dw (all)
URL: https://ufn.ru/en/articles/2016/5/k/
Citation: Akasaki I "Fascinated journeys into blue light" Phys. Usp. 59 (5) (2016)

Received: 2nd, December 2015, 8th, December 2014

Оригинал: Акасаки И «Увлекательные приключения в поисках синего света» УФН 186 504–517 (2016); DOI: 10.3367/UFNr.2014.12.037725

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