Zhores Ivanovich Alferov

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FACTS He was born in Vitebsk in 1930, 15 March. He

FACTS

He was born in Vitebsk in 1930, 15 March. He

is an outstanding physicist in the world. He was awarded with Nobel Prize in 2000 for discoveries in semiconductor sphere.
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BIOGRAPHI During the Great Patriotic War the Alferovs moves to Sverdlovsk

BIOGRAPHI

During the Great Patriotic War the Alferovs moves to Sverdlovsk

region. Zhores finished school with the golden medal in Minsk where they came after the war. He was a brilliant student.
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EDUCATION in 1952 he graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute where

EDUCATION

in 1952 he graduated from the Leningrad Electrotechnical Institute where

he had been enrolled without exams.
Since 1953, he has worked in the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of the USSR Academy of Sciences (Russian Academy of Sciences since 1991)
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CARIEER From the Institute he earned scientific degrees: a Candidate of

CARIEER

From the Institute he earned scientific degrees: a Candidate of

Sciences in Technology in 1961 and a Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics in 1970. Director of the Institute since 1987, he was elected as a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Sciences in 1972 and a full member in 1979. From 1989, he has been Vice-President of the USSR (Russian since 1991) Academy of Sciences and President of its Saint Petersburg Scientific Center.
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GREAT RESULTS Since 1962, he has been working in the area

GREAT RESULTS

Since 1962, he has been working in the area

of semiconductor heterostructures
In 2000, Alferov received the Nobel Prize for Physics, with Herbert Kroemer and Jack Kilby.
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INVENTIONS Zhores I. Alferov and Herbert Kroemer have invented and developed

INVENTIONS

Zhores I. Alferov and Herbert Kroemer have invented and developed

fast opto- and microelectronic components based on layered semiconductor structures, termed semiconductor heterostructures
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DISCOVERIES Fast transistors built using heterostructure technology are used in e.g.

DISCOVERIES

Fast transistors built using heterostructure technology are used in

e.g. radio link satellites and the base stations of mobile telephones
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INVENTIONS Laser diodes built with the same technology drive the flow

INVENTIONS

Laser diodes built with the same technology drive the

flow of information in the Internet's fibre-optical cables. They are also found in CDplayers, bar-code readers and laser pointers Laser diodes built with the same technology drive the flow of information in the Internet's fibre-optical cables.
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OUR FUTURE With heterostructure technology powerful light-emitting diodes are being built

OUR FUTURE

With heterostructure technology powerful light-emitting diodes are being

built for use in car brake-lights, traffic lights and other warning lights. Electric bulbs may in the future be replaced by light-emitting diodes.