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Place of Birth: Bierzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
About Sylwester Porowski
- Sylwester Andrzej Porowski (born April 7, 1938 in Bierzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), a Polish physicist specializing in solid-state and high pressure physics.
- He works in The Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw. In 2001 Professor Porowski's team built the blue semiconductor laser, a pioneering feat in the study of optoelectronics. Porowski was awarded Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 2013 for developing a high-pressure method for producing gallium nitride monocrystals.
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