Laureates of the Japan Prize
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Dr. Leo Esaki
- Nationality:
Japan
- Date of Birth:
12 March 1925
Outline of Achievements
The 1998 Japan Prize
- Field:
Generation and Design of New Materials Creating Novel Functions
- Achievement:
For the creation and realization of the concept of man-made superlattice crystals which lead to generation of new materials with useful applications
- Lecture:
The Evolution of Semiconductor Superlattices
Major Awards
| 1959 |
Nishina Memorial Award |
| 1960 |
Asahi Press Award Toyo Rayon Foundation Award |
| 1961 |
Morris N. Liebmann Memorial Prize from IRE Stuart Ballantine Medal from the Franklin Institute |
| 1965 |
Japan Academy Award |
| 1973 |
Nobel Prize in Physics |
| 1974 |
Order of Culture from the Japanese Government |
| 1985 |
American Physical Society International Prize for New Materials |
| 1991 |
IEEE Medal of Honor |
Membership in Academic Institutions and Societies
|
American Physical Society |
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Physical Society of Japan |
| 1975 |
Member, Japan Academy |
| 1976 |
Foreign Associate, National Academy of Sciences, USA |
| 1977 |
Foreign Associate , National Academy of Engineering, USA |
| 1989 |
Member, Max-Planck-Gesellschaft |
| 1991 |
Member, American Philosophical Society |
| 1994 |
Foreign Member, Russian Academy of Sciences |
| 1995 |
Honorary Foreign Member, Korean Academy of Science and Technology |
| 1996 |
Member, Italian National Academy of Science |
Academic Degrees
| 1947 |
B.S. in Physics, The University of Tokyo |
| 1959 |
Ph.D., The University of Tokyo |
Professional Career
| 1947 |
Kobe Kogyo Corporation |
| 1956 |
Tokyo Tsushin Kogyo (now Sony Corporation) |
| 1960 |
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA |
| 1992-Present |
President, University of Tsukuba |
Title
- Former President, University of Tsukuba
Major Publications and Scientific Papers
- L. Esaki and R.Tsu, "Superlattice and negative differential conductivity in semiconductors," IBM J.Res. Development, pp.61-65, Jan. 1970.
- L. Esaki, L.L. Chang, W.E. Howard and V.L. Rideout, "Transport properties of a GaAs- GaAlAs superlattice," Proc. Int. Conf. Phys. Semicond., pp.431-435, Warsaw, 1972.
- R. Tsu and L. Esaki, "Tunneling in a finite superlattice," Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol.22, No.11, pp.562-564, June 1973.
- L.L. Chang, L. Esaki and R. Tsu, "Resonant tunneling in semiconductor double barriers," Appl. Phys. Lett., Vol.24, pp.593-595, 1974.
- L. Esaki and L.L. Chang, "New transport phenomenon in a semiconductor superlattice," Phys. Rev. Lett., Vol.33, pp.495-498, 1974.
