Hei ki a Knight Ridder, "Ko nga laser semiconductor iti me te pono e tino nui ana ki nga kaitākaro DVD, nga kaipānui waehere paatene me etahi atu taputapu, he iti te ahua o to raatau noho ki te taumaha o te mahi i runga i nga kaimahi tereina o Downstate tekau tau ki muri".I whiwhi a Holonyak i tana tohu paetahi (1950), rangatira (1951), me te taote (1954) i roto i te hangarau hiko mai i te Whare Wananga o Illinois i Urbana-Champaign.Ko Holonyak te tuatahi o te whanau o John Bardeen.Ko te akonga Ph.D. Bardeen, he kairangahau tinana i reira, kaore i pai ki te haere ki te kura.I te tau 1957 i noho ia ki te Whare Wananga o U.S. i te Whare Wananga o Syracuse, no reira ka riro ia hei kaiwhakaako i te Nobel.I te tau 1963 i noho ia ki te Whare Wananga o U.S. i te Whare Wananga o Syracuse.
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