It was the realization of semiconductor lasers that led to the commercial success of lasers. Herbert Kroemer explains to Nature Materials his contributions to the design principle of these lasers, for which he shared the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics.
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Heber, J. The rise of the laser. Nature Mater 9, 372–373 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmat2757
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