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Nobel Prize in Physics 1973

"for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively"

Leo Esaki
Button 1/4 of prize
Button Japan
Button born 1925
Button CA - IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, New York, USA
Button AA - Sony Corporation, Tokyo, Japan
Button WA - Sony Corporation
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Ivar Giaever
Button 1/4 of prize
 Button Norway & USA
Button born 1929 (Bergen, Norway)
Button CA - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, USA & University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
Button AA - General Electric Research and Development Center, Schenectady, New York, USA
Button WA - General Electric Research and Development Center
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"for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects"

Brian D. Josephson
Button 1/2 of prize
Button UK
Button born 1940 
Button CA - Cavendish Laboratory, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England, UK
Button AA - University of Cambridge
Button WA - University of Cambridge
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*Explanation of CA, AA & WA*


Additional Information:

Leo Esaki:

Ivar Giaever:

  • Ivar Giaever web site
  • Ivar Giaever Received Nobel Prize for work he had done before he had completed his PhD.

Brian D. Josephson:

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Explanation of Institutional Affiliations:
Current Affiliation (CA)
The Laureate's current or last affiliation.
Award Affiliation (AA)
The institution(s) with which the Laureate was officially associated when s/he did the Nobel award work.
Work Affiliation (WA)
Where the actual Nobel work was performed. Particularly in recent years, work leading to experimental discoveries is often conducted at one of a few large physics laboratories in the world.

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