Steven DenBaars
Mitsubishi Distinguished Professor
Materials and Electrical & Computer Engineering
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University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA 93106
Member of :
National Academy of Engineering
Fellow of:
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, National Academy of Inventors, Optica
AAFM-Nakamura Award, American Association for Advances in Functional Materials (AAAFM); Aron Kressel Award, IEEE Photonics Society; Japanese Science of Applied Physics (JSAP) Outstanding Paper Award; Viterbi Award, USC Distinguished Alumni Award; Quantum Devices Award, International Symposium on Compound Semiconductors; AAAFM-Nakamura Award, American Association for Advances in Functional Materials (AAAFM)
Research
His research interests include growth of wide-bandgap (GaN based) semiconductors and their application to blue LEDs as well as laser and high power electronic devices. This research has led to the first U.S. University demonstration of a blue GaN laser diode.
Solid State Lighting and Energy Electronics Center
PhD Electrical Engineering, Universtiy of Southern California
BS Materials and Metallurgical Engineering, University of Arizona
MS Materials Science, University of Southern California