Leo Esaki

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Japanese physicist Nobel laureate in Physics human physicist

Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling and the invention of the Esaki (tunnel) diode.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Japanese physicist → Nobel laureate in Physics → human → physicist →
awardReceived	Nobel Prize → Nobel Prize in Physics → Order of Culture → Order of the Rising Sun →
birthName	Esaki Reona →
countryOfCitizenship	Japan →
dateOfBirth	1925-03-12 →
degree	PhD in physics →
educatedAt	University of Tokyo →
employer	IBM → IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center → Sony →
familyName	Esaki →
fieldOfWork	physics → quantum mechanics → semiconductor physics → solid-state physics →
gender	male →
givenName	Reona →
hasLanguage	English → Japanese →
knownFor	Esaki diode → Esaki–Tsu relation → quantum tunneling in semiconductors → superlattices → tunnel diode →
memberOf	American Academy of Arts and Sciences → Japan Academy → National Academy of Engineering →
name	Leo Esaki →
nativeName	江崎玲於奈 →
NobelPrizeCategory	Physics →
NobelPrizeMotivation	for experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors →
NobelPrizeYear	1973 →
notableInvention	Esaki diode → tunnel diode →
placeOfBirth	Osaka Prefecture → Osaka, Japan →
positionHeld	president of Shibaura Institute of Technology → president of University of Tsukuba →
researchContribution	demonstration of electron tunneling in heavily doped p–n junctions → development of semiconductor superlattice concept →
sharedNobelPrizeWith	Brian David Josephson → Ivar Giaever →
workLocation	Japan → United States →

Referenced by (3)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
University of Tokyo →	hasNotableAlumni
Leo Esaki →	name
Ivar Giaever →	sharedNobelPrizeWith