Physics: Leo Esaki

Physics: Leo Esaki
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Leo Esaki (1925) Leo Esaki (born March 12, 1925) is a Japanese solid-state physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ivar Giaever and Brian Josephson for his work on tunneling in semiconductors, which led to his invention of the tunnel diode that exploits this phenomenon.

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Leo Esaki (1925) Leo Esaki (born March 12, 1925) is a Jap anese solid-state physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ivar Giaever and Brian Josephson for his work on tunneling in semiconductors, which led to his invention of the tunnel diode that exploits this phenomenon.

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Why is Leo Esaki remembered? Every major advance in physics was made by a person working to understand something that didn't quite make sense yet. Leo Esaki was one of those people.

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About Leo Esaki Leo Esaki (born March 12, 1925) is a Japanese solid-state physic ist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Ivar Giaever and Brian Josephson for his work on tunneling in semiconductors, which led to his invention of the tunnel diode that exploits this phenomenon. His research was done when he was with Sony. He has also contributed in being a pioneer of semiconductor superlattices.