Title
D'Asaro, Arthur oral history
Catalog Number
102702126
Type
Document
Description
In this oral history, Dr. D’Asaro describes his upbringing in a small town in the Midwest during the Depression. After spending time in the Navy, he earned a MS in Physics from Northwestern and a PhD from Cornell in 1955. He then went to work at Bell Labs. The oral history traces his many contributions to the area of solid state electronics, including work on an early integrated circuit, stepping transistors, light emitting diodes, gallium arsenide, and solid state lasers. Arthur could have been credited with the invention of the integrated circuit if he had further pursued some of his early research. In addition to his description of his technical research accomplishments, he spoke about the strengths and weaknesses of Bell Labs and its approach to research. He finished his career at Princeton Optronics.
Date
2009-07-21
Contributor
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Brock, David C., Interviewer
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D'Asaro, Arthur, Interviewee
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Hendrie, Gardner, Cameraperson
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Publisher
Computer History Museum
Place of Publication
Madison, NJ, USA
Extent
39 p.
Category
Transcription
Subject
D'Asaro, Arthur; semiconductor history; Bell Laboratories; gallium arsenide; light-emitting diodes; semiconductor laser; functional device; stepping transistor; integrated circuit; fiber optics; tunnel diodes; Kahng, Dawson; Early, Jim; Alferov, Zhores; heterostructures; Princeton Optronics; VCSEL arrays; Morton, Jack
Collection Title
Oral history collection
