Sylwester Andrzej Porowski (born April 7, 1938 in Bierzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), is a Polish physicist specializing in solid-state and high pressure physics. He is the Co-Director and Board Member of The Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

Sylwester Porowski
Born (1938-04-07) April 7, 1938 (age 86)
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
Known forBlue laser build with GaN monocrystals[1]
AwardsPrize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2013)
Scientific career
FieldsOptoelectronics, solid-state physics
InstitutionsPolish Academy of Sciences

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.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "Prof. Sylwester Porowski, PhD hab. – FNP Prize 2013 laureate". Polish Academy of Sciences. Retrieved August 26, 2014.
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