Profile overview
Who is Jerry M. Woodall?
Jerry M. Woodall is an inventor associated with United States. Their documented work in electronics & computing hardware includes GaAlAs/GaAs heterojunction LEDs and semiconductor lasers, the contribution at the center of this evidence-backed profile.
Jerry M. Woodall developed high-efficiency gallium-arsenide infrared LEDs and the gallium-aluminum-arsenide/gallium-arsenide heterojunctions used in bright red LEDs and semiconductor lasers. The tangible devices moved from IBM laboratories into remote controls, fiber-optic links, optical disc players, displays and other everyday optoelectronics.
What did Jerry M. Woodall invent?
Invented and demonstrated efficient compound-semiconductor junctions for infrared and bright-red LEDs and lasers.
What did Jerry M. Woodall accomplish?
Woodall's junction technology helped make both the tiny infrared emitter in a remote control and the semiconductor laser in optical communications practical mass-market components.
What is known about Jerry M. Woodall today?
The official 2025 Electronic Materials Conference organizing committee lists Woodall as a member-at-large with his University of California, Davis affiliation.
