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Leo Esaki

b. 1925

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Leo Esaki (born 1925) is a Japanese physicist who won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 for his discovery of electron tunneling in semiconductors, which led to the Esaki diode. He spent much of his career at IBM Research, pioneering work in superlattices and quantum wells, and later became a prominent advocate for basic research in Japan.

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New Phenomenon in Narrow Germanium p-n Junctions
Discovery of the Esaki Diode
Superlattice and Negative Differential Conductivity in Semiconductors
Long Journey into Tunneling

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