Zhores Alferov

Жарэс Іванавіч Алфёраў (Known as "Alferov")

Physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics (2000), Inventor of Heterostructure Lasers and Solar Cells

Born 1930-03-15

Vitebsk, Belarus

Passed Away 2019-03-01 Saint Petersburg, Russia

Lifespan 88 years old

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Vitebsk-born physicist awarded the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in fiber-optic communications, mobile phones, lasers, and solar cells.

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Zhores Alferov was born on March 15, 1930, in Vitebsk. Showing early mathematical genius, he studied at the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute and joined the Ioffe Physical-Technical Institute, rising to become its director and vice-president of the Russian Academy of Sciences.

In the late 1960s, Alferov pioneered semiconductor heterostructures, creating room-temperature continuous-wave semiconductor lasers. His invention revolutionized modern communications, making possible optical fiber internet transmissions, barcode scanners, satellite solar cells, and compact disc players. In 2000, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics alongside Herbert Kroemer and Jack Kilby.

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Komarovo Cemetery
Saint Petersburg, Russia

                         GPS: 60.1980, 29.8050                    

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