Herbert Kroemer
Herbert Kroemer | |
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University of Colorado University of California, Santa Barbara | |
| Thesis | Zur Theorie des Germaniumgleichrichters und des Transistors : Ausz. Mit 10 Fig. im Text (1953) |
| Doctoral advisor | Fritz Sauter |
Herbert Kroemer (German: hot electron effects in the then-new transistor.[2] His research into transistors was a stepping stone to the later development of mobile phone technologies.
Early life
Born to a working-class family in
Weimar, Germany, Kroemer excelled in physics at school, letting him advance faster than his peers in the subject.[3]
Career
Kroemer worked in a number of research laboratories in Germany and the United States and taught
University of Colorado from 1968 to 1976. He joined the UCSB faculty in 1976, focusing its semiconductor research program on the emerging compound semiconductor technology rather than on mainstream silicon technology. Along with Charles Kittel he co-authored the textbook Thermal Physics, first published in 1980, and still used today. He is also the author of the textbook Quantum Mechanics for Engineering, Materials Science and Applied Physics.[4]
Kroemer was elected as a member into the
National Academy of Sciences
in 2003.
Kroemer always preferred to work on problems that are ahead of mainstream
molecular beam epitaxy
, concentrating on applying the technology to untried new materials.
Personal life
Kroemer was an atheist.[5] He died on March 8, 2024, at the age of 95.[6][7][8][9]
Awards and honors
- J J Ebers Award(1973)
- Humboldt Research Award (1994)
- Nobel Prize in Physics (2000)
- Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement (2001)[10]
- IEEE Medal of Honor (2002)[11]
See also
- List of Nobel laureates affiliated with the University of California, Santa Barbara
References
- ^ "Herbert Kroemer". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
- OCLC 73916980.
- ^ "Herbert Kroemer - Science Video Interview".
- ^ H. Kroemer, Quantum Mechanics, Prentice Hall (1994)
- ^ Kroemer, Herbert. "Herbert Kroemer – Science Video Interview". Interviewer: "You have no belief in a afterlife?" Kroemer: "That's correct." Interviewer: "...You don't see the evidence of a designer?" Kroemer: "No, I don't." Interviewer: "Could you say more about it?" Kroemer: "I think it's just wishful thinking."
- ^ "Nobel Laureate Herb Kroemer, 1928–2024". UC Santa Barbara Engineering. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ "Sad News – Professor Emeritus Herbert Kroemer". UC Santa Barbara Office of the Chancellor. 12 March 2024. Retrieved 13 March 2024.
- ^ https://www.spiegel.de/panorama/herbert-kroemer-nachruf-a-a595715a-0357-4080-9a44-c8f26926f654
- ^ https://www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2024/03/28/herbert-kroemer-dead/
- American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "Herbert Kroemer". IEEE Global History Network. IEEE. Retrieved 10 August 2011.
External links
Quotations related to Herbert Kroemer at Wikiquote- Not Just Blue Sky
- Herbert Kroemer on Nobelprize.org including the Nobel Lecture 8 December 2000 Quasi-Electric Fields and Band Offsets: Teaching Electrons New Tricks
- Personal Homepage UCSB Archived 2014-02-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Freeview video Interview with Herbert Kroemer by the Vega Science Trust
- U.S. Patent 5067828 Transferred electron effective mass modulator (Herbert Kroemer)
- U.S. Patent 5013683 Method for growing tilted superlattices (Herbert Kroemer)
- Herb’s Bipolar Transistors IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON ELECTRON DEVICES, VOL. 48, NO. 11, NOVEMBER 2001 PDF
- Influence of Mobility and Lifetime Variations on Drift-Field Effects in Silicon-Junction Devices PDF
- Heterostructure Bipolar Transistors and Integrated Circuits PDF
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