Leo Esaki
Japanese physicist (born 1925) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Reona Esaki (江崎 玲於奈 Esaki Reona, born March 12, 1925), also known as Leo Esaki, is a Japanese physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for his work in electron tunneling in semiconductor materials which finally led to his invention of the Esaki diode, which exploited that phenomenon. This research was done when he was with Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (now known as Sony). He has also contributed in being a pioneer of the semiconductor superlattices.[1]
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Born | (1925-03-12) March 12, 1925 (age 99)[1] Takaida-mura, Nakakawachi-gun, Osaka Prefecture, Empire of Japan |
Alma mater | Tokyo Imperial University |
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