Title:A Short History of Semiconductor Heterostructures and Some Important Conclusions from it
Speaker: Prof. Zhores I. Alferov (Nobel Prize Winner in Physics; Vice president of Russian Academy of Sciences)
Time: 9:30 AM, Nov. 13, 2008
Venue: Academic meeting center in Institute of Semiconductors, CAS
About the speaker:Zhores Ivanovich Alferov was born in Vitebsk, Byelorussia, USSR on March 15, 1930. He graduated from the Department of Electronics of V.I. Ulyanov (Lenin) Electrotechnical Institute in Leningrad in 1952. Since 1953 he has been a member of the Scientific staff of the Ioffe Physico-Technical Institute of the Russian Academy of Sciences where he consequently held the following positions: junior scientist (1953-1964), senior scientist (1964-1967), Head of Laboratory (1967-1987), Director of the Institute (1987-2003), Chairman of St Petersburg Physics and Technology Center for Research and Educational of the RAS (2004 – present).He received two scientific degrees: a candidate of science in technology in 1961 and a doctor of science in physics and mathematics in 1970 - both from Ioffe Institute. His outstanding contributions to physics and technology of III-V semiconductor heterostructures, especially injection properties, development of lasers, solar cells, LED’s, epitaxy processes have led to the creation of modern Heterostructure Physics and Electronics. For achievements in this area Alferov was honored with many Soviet, Russian and International awards, including Nobel Prize in 2000, and honorary memberships. In 1990 he was elected a Vice-President of the Academy of Sciences of the USSR (later the Russian Academy of Sciences) and at present keeps this position. Alferov is an author of 4 books, more than 500 scientific publications and 50 inventions in semiconductor technology.Eponymous asteroid is named after Zhores Alferov (2001).Most important Awards:Franklin Institute Ballantyne Medal (USA, 1971); Lenin Prize (USSR, 1972); Hewlett-Paccard Europhysics Prize (1978); State Prize (USSR, 1984); Award & Heinrich Welker Medal of the International Symposium on GaAs and Related compounds (1987); A.P. Karpinskii Prize (FRG, 1989); A.F. Ioffe Prize (Russian Academy of Sciences, 1996); Demidov Prize (Russian Federation, 1999); A.S. Popov Medal (Russian Academy of Sciences, 2000); Nick Holonyak Jr. Award (Optical Society of America, 2000); Nobel Prize (Sweden, 2000), Kyoto Prize (Inamori Foundation, Japan, 2001); State Prize (Russian Federation, 2001); V.I. Vernadskiy Award (NAS Ukraine, 2001); Golden Plate Award (Academy of Achievement, U.S.A., 2002); Golden Medal of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE, 2002); Global Energy Prize (Russian Federation, 2005).