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
Russian scientist
Soviet scientist
human
physicist
awardReceived Lenin Prize
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"
birthName Zhores Alferov
surface form: "Zhores Ivanovich Alferov"
citizenship Russia NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
countryOfBirth Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic NERFINISHED
Soviet Union NERFINISHED
countryOfDeath Russia
dateOfBirth 1930-03-15
dateOfDeath 2019-03-01
educatedAt Belarusian State University
Saint Petersburg Polytechnic Institute
surface form: "Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute"
employer Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
familyName Zhores Alferov
surface form: "Alferov"
fieldOfWork optoelectronics
physics
semiconductor physics
givenName Zhores
influenced development of high-speed transistors
development of light-emitting diodes
development of mobile telephony
development of modern lasers
development of satellite communications
knownFor heterojunctions in semiconductors
high-speed semiconductor electronics
optoelectronic devices
semiconductor heterostructures
memberOf Soviet Academy of Sciences
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
surface form: "Saint Petersburg"
politicalAffiliation Коммунистическая партия Российской Федерации
surface form: "Communist Party of the Russian Federation"

Communist Party of the Soviet Union
positionHeld director of the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute
member of the State Duma of the Russian Federation
vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences
workLocation Leningrad
St. Petersburg
surface form: "Saint Petersburg"

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Zhores Alferov birthName Zhores Alferov
this entity surface form: "Zhores Ivanovich Alferov"
Zhores Alferov familyName Zhores Alferov
this entity surface form: "Alferov"
Leningrad State University hasAlumnus Zhores Alferov
Lomonosov Gold Medal notableLaureate Zhores Alferov

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