title: Blue Light: A Fascinating Journey (Nobel Lecture).
authors.affiliation: Meijo University, 1-501 Shiogama-guchi, Tempaku-ku, Nagoya 468-8502 (Japan). akasaki@ccmfs.meijo-u.ac.jp.|Nagoya University Akasaki Research Center, Furo-cho, Chikusa-ku, Nagoya 464-8601 (Japan). akasaki@ccmfs.meijo-u.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Isamu
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Akasaki
keywords: Blue LEDs; gallium nitride; laser diodes; light-emitting diodes; semiconductors