Sylwester Porowski

{{Short description|Polish physicist}}

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| birth_place = Bierzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

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| fields = Optoelectronics, solid-state physics

| workplaces = Polish Academy of Sciences

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| alma_mater = University of Warsaw

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| known_for = Blue laser build with GaN monocrystals{{cite web|url=http://www.fnp.org.pl/en/prof-dr-hab-sylwester-porowski-laureat-nagrody-fnp-2013/|title=Prof. Sylwester Porowski, PhD hab. – FNP Prize 2013 laureate|publisher=Polish Academy of Sciences|accessdate=26 August 2014}}

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| awards = Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science (2013)

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Sylwester Andrzej Porowski (born April 7, 1938 in Bierzyn, Lower Silesian Voivodeship), is a Polish physicist specializing in solid-state and high pressure physics. He is the Co-Director and Board Member of The Institute of High Pressure Physics, Polish Academy of Sciences in Warsaw.

In 2001 Professor Porowski's team built the blue semiconductor laser, a pioneering feat in the study of optoelectronics.

Porowski was awarded Prize of the Foundation for Polish Science in 2013 for developing a high-pressure method for producing gallium nitride monocrystals.