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Reona Esaki (江崎 玲於奈 Esaki Reona, born March 12, 1925), also known as Leo Esaki, is a Japanese physicist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for his work in electron tunneling in semiconductor materials which finally led to his invention of the Esaki diode, which ...
Leo Esaki (born March 12, 1925, Ōsaka, Japan) is a Japanese solid-state physicist and researcher in superconductivity who shared the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian Josephson.
Leo Esaki is a Japanese physicist who discovered the Esaki tunnel diode and pioneered semiconductor quantum structures. He received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1973 for his work on electron tunneling in solids.
Leo Esaki. The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973. Born: 12 March 1925, Osaka, Japan. Affiliation at the time of the award: IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, Yorktown Heights, NY, USA. Prize motivation: “for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively” Prize share: 1/4. Work.
By age 48, he was one of the most respected research physicists in the world and a godfather of home computing. The discoveries he made during his 32-year tenure at IBM touched off a wave of miniaturization that provided the foundation for the computers and handheld electronics we rely on so heavily today.
Leo Esaki shared the Nobel Prize in Physics 1973 with Ivar Giaever and Brian David Josephson for their discoveries and predictions of tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors. Learn more about their work and the Nobel Prize Outreach AB 2024.
Learn about the life and achievements of Leo Esaki, who discovered the quantum tunnelling of electrons in semiconductors and superconductors. Explore his research profile, his contributions to applied physics and industrial research, and his Nobel Prize recognition.
