Optoelectronics and Display Pioneers

Electrical engineers whose own Wikipedia articles credit them with a laser, optical amplifier or display-technology invention: the laser itself (Maiman, with Gould also credited and disputed as a co-inventor of the laser and the optical amplifier), the liquid crystal display (Heilmeier) and the laser printer and color management technology built on laser optics (Starkweather). Grouped together as the engineers whose own source articles place their principal work in optoelectronics, the sub-field of electrical engineering concerned with light-based and display devices, distinct from power systems, telecommunications and general semiconductor computing.