Zhores Alferov
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Zhores Alferov was a Soviet and Russian physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on semiconductor heterostructures, which underpins modern electronics and optoelectronics.
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| instanceOf |
Nobel laureate in Physics
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Russian scientist → Soviet scientist → human → physicist → |
| awardReceived |
Lenin Prize
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Nobel Prize in Physics → Order of Lenin → Order of Merit for the Fatherland → State Prize of the Russian Federation → Stalin Prize →
surface form: "USSR State Prize"
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| birthName |
Zhores Alferov
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surface form: "Zhores Ivanovich Alferov"
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| citizenship |
Russia
NERFINISHED
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Soviet Union NERFINISHED → |
| countryOfBirth |
Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
NERFINISHED
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Soviet Union NERFINISHED → |
| countryOfDeath | Russia → |
| dateOfBirth | 1930-03-15 → |
| dateOfDeath | 2019-03-01 → |
| educatedAt |
Belarusian State University
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Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute →
surface form: "Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute"
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| employer | Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute → |
| familyName |
Zhores Alferov
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surface form: "Alferov"
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| fieldOfWork |
optoelectronics
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physics → semiconductor physics → |
| givenName | Zhores → |
| influenced |
development of high-speed transistors
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development of light-emitting diodes → development of mobile telephony → development of modern lasers → development of satellite communications → |
| knownFor |
heterojunctions in semiconductors
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high-speed semiconductor electronics → optoelectronic devices → semiconductor heterostructures → |
| memberOf |
Soviet Academy of Sciences
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surface form: "Academy of Sciences of the USSR"
Russian Academy of Sciences → |
| NobelPrizeCategory | Physics → |
| NobelPrizeMotivation | for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics → |
| NobelPrizeYear | 2000 → |
| placeOfBirth | Vitebsk NERFINISHED → |
| placeOfDeath |
St. Petersburg
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surface form: "Saint Petersburg"
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| politicalAffiliation |
Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации
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surface form: "Communist Party of the Russian Federation"
Communist Party of the Soviet Union → |
| positionHeld |
director of the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
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member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation → vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences → |
| workLocation |
Leningrad
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St. Petersburg →
surface form: "Saint Petersburg"
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this entity surface form: "Zhores Ivanovich Alferov"
this entity surface form: "Alferov"