{"id":5380,"date":"2022-10-25T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/detail_1323\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-10-24T15:00:00","slug":"detail_1323","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.first.iir.isct.ac.jp\/en\/detail_1323\/","title":{"rendered":"Emeritus Prof. Kenichi Iga (a former university president), of Tokyo Institute of Technology, has been selected as a Person of Cultural Merit for 2022. \uff08October 25, 2022\uff09"},"content":{"rendered":"<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<\/p>\n
Prize Winner<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

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Prof. Emeritus Kenichi Iga<\/span><\/td>\n

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Conferrer<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

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MEXT<\/span><\/td>\n

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Prize<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

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Persons of Cultural Merit<\/span><\/td>\n

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Date<\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n

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October 25, 2022<\/span><\/td>\n

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The Person of Cultural Merit is awarded to persons to celebrate their significant contribution to the progress and development of culture.<\/p>\n

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Prof. Emeritus Iga invented a vertical-cavity surface-emitting laser (VCSEL) in 1977. He opened up “VCSEL photonics” , which has been widely used in datacenter networks and smartphones.<\/p>\n

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The Nikkei, Yomiuri Shimbun, and many other media outlets have covered the event.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Contact<\/span><\/h2>\n

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Prof. Fumio Koyama\uff08Photonics Integration System Research Center\uff09<\/span>
http:\/\/vcsel-www.pi.titech.ac.jp\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

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Links<\/strong><\/span>
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