The QC laser is the world's first laser that can be tailored to emit light at a specific wavelength over a broad spectrum of wavelengths. Dr Capasso will give a lecture on his device and his award at the 1997 John Price Wetherill Medal Lecture at the University of Pennsylvania.
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This is not Mr. Capasso's first award, he has also been a pioneer of other technological innovations. He has developed a new technique known as bandgap engineering which can create materials having electrical and optical properties that doesn't exist in nature. Although science is one of his main interests, Manuel hopes to attain a career in Broadcast Journalism. Adia Gillen Adia is a junior at Parkway High School in Philadelphia. In fact, she has made it a family thing.