2022 - Research.com Electronics and Electrical Engineering in Germany Leader Award
1993 - US President's National Medal of Science "For his pioneering work in the development of molecular beam epitaxy, which revolutionized thin film growth, making possible atomically accurate structures for elecronic and proelecronic devices, and for the study of new quantum phenomena.", Presented by President Clinton and Vice President Gore at a ceremony on the White House South Lawn, September 30, 1993.
1983 - Fellow of American Physical Society (APS) Citation For the development of the molecular beam technique for epitaxial growth of semiconductor materials, which has resulted in significant scientific and technological advances in semiconductor physics and semiconductor device development
His scientific interests lie mostly in Optoelectronics, Laser, Optics, Semiconductor laser theory and Quantum well. His Optoelectronics research integrates issues from Molecular beam epitaxy and Laser linewidth. His research in Laser intersects with topics in Quantum, Cascade and Gallium arsenide.
His work in Optics covers topics such as Semiconductor which are related to areas like Bragg's law. While the research belongs to areas of Semiconductor laser theory, Alfred Y. Cho spends his time largely on the problem of Continuous wave, intersecting his research to questions surrounding Distributed Bragg reflector laser. His Quantum well research incorporates themes from Bound state, Tunable laser, Excited state, Atomic physics and Condensed matter physics.
His primary areas of investigation include Optoelectronics, Laser, Optics, Quantum well and Molecular beam epitaxy. His Semiconductor laser theory, Heterojunction, Gallium arsenide, Semiconductor and Quantum cascade laser investigations are all subjects of Optoelectronics research. His work in Heterojunction addresses subjects such as Bipolar junction transistor, which are connected to disciplines such as Common emitter.
His Laser study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Wavelength and Cascade. The Quantum well study which covers Condensed matter physics that intersects with Electron, Electric field and Scattering. His Molecular beam epitaxy research includes elements of Diode, Doping and Analytical chemistry.
Alfred Y. Cho mostly deals with Optoelectronics, Laser, Optics, Cascade and Quantum well. Alfred Y. Cho regularly ties together related areas like Far-infrared laser in his Optoelectronics studies. Alfred Y. Cho has researched Laser in several fields, including Waveguide, Wavelength, Absorption, Modulation and Superlattice.
Optics and Semiconductor are commonly linked in his work. His work investigates the relationship between Cascade and topics such as Quantum that intersect with problems in Electron. His Quantum well research is multidisciplinary, relying on both Barrier layer, Molecular beam epitaxy, Electric field, Molecular physics and Condensed matter physics.
Alfred Y. Cho spends much of his time researching Optoelectronics, Laser, Optics, Semiconductor laser theory and Cascade. His study brings together the fields of Quantum well and Optoelectronics. His work carried out in the field of Laser brings together such families of science as Waveguide, Semiconductor and Gallium arsenide.
His studies in Semiconductor laser theory integrate themes in fields like Far-infrared laser, Nonlinear optics and Second-harmonic generation. The study incorporates disciplines such as Chalcogenide glass, Chalcogenide, Quantum, Dielectric and Picosecond in addition to Cascade. He has researched Superlattice in several fields, including Molecular beam epitaxy, Thin film, Transmission electron microscopy, Dislocation and Electron.
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Quantum cascade laser
Mattias Beck;Jérôme Faist;Antoine Muller.
Science (2001)
Molecular beam epitaxy
A.Y. Cho;J.R. Arthur.
Progress in Solid State Chemistry (1975)
Recent progress in quantum cascade lasers and applications
Claire Gmachl;Federico Capasso;Deborah L Sivco;Alfred Y Cho.
Reports on Progress in Physics (2001)
Resonant tunneling through double barriers, perpendicular quantum transport phenomena in superlattices, and their device applications
F. Capasso;K. Mohammed;A. Cho.
IEEE Journal of Quantum Electronics (1986)
X‐ray total‐external‐reflection–Bragg diffraction: A structural study of the GaAs‐Al interface
W. C. Marra;P. Eisenberger;A. Y. Cho.
Journal of Applied Physics (1979)
High power mid‐infrared (λ∼5 μm) quantum cascade lasers operating above room temperature
Jérôme Faist;Federico Capasso;Carlo Sirtori;Deborah L. Sivco.
Applied Physics Letters (1996)
Optical surface waves in periodic layered media
Pochi Yeh;Amnon Yariv;A. Y. Cho.
Applied Physics Letters (1978)
Distributed feedback quantum cascade lasers
Jérome Faist;Claire Gmachl;Federico Capasso;Carlo Sirtori.
Applied Physics Letters (1997)
Short wavelength (λ∼3.4 μm) quantum cascade laser based on strained compensated InGaAs/AlInAs
Jérôme Faist;Federico Capasso;Deborah L. Sivco;Albert L. Hutchinson.
Applied Physics Letters (1998)
Quantum Cascade Lasers
Federico Capasso;Claire Gmachl;Deborah L. Sivco;Alfred Y. Cho.
Physics Today (2002)
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