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Zhores Alferov
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov was a Russian applied physicist who contributed significantly to the creation of modern heterostructure physics and electronics. In 2000, Alferov shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of the semiconductor heterojunction for optoelectronics. He also became a politician in his later life, serving in the State Duma as a member of the Communist Party from 1999.
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science · Russian physicist (1930–2019) · physicist · politician · inventor · also Zhores Alferov, Zhores Ivanovich Alferov, Zhores Alfyorov, Alferov
Born 15 March 1930 · Died 1 March 2019 · Q183279
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2026· 3 entries
eng.belta: Journalism was his first love. What led Nobel Physics Laureate Zhores Alferov to choose science instead
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eng.belta: ‘So he is Belarusian!’ How Zhores Alferov’s legacy surprises modern students
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2019· 8 entries
TASS: Putin orders to establish Zhores Alferov Scholarship
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The Independent: Zhores Alferov: physicist who provided the molecular foundation for our digital society
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The Washington Post: Zhores Alferov, Nobel-winning physicist who paved way for cellphones, fiber optic communications, dies at 88
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Physics World: Laser pioneer and Nobel laureate Zhores Alferov dies at 88
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Yahoo: Russian Nobel winner Alferov dies at 88
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New York Post: Russian Nobel winner Zhores Alferov dies at 88
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Yahoo: Russian Nobel Prize winner for physics Alferov dies aged 88
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Died 2019-03-01.
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2015· 2 entries
Awarded Order of Alexander Nevsky (2015).
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Won Nizami Ganjavi Gold Medal (2015).
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2013· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Voronezh State University (2013).
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2011· 1 entry
Awarded Officer of the Legion of Honour (2011).
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2010· 1 entry
Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 4th class (2010).
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2009· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Friendship of Peoples (2009).
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2006· 1 entry
Prime Minister Mikhail Fradkov announced the creation of a federal agency, Rosnanotekh, to pursue nanotechnology applications
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2005· 2 entries
Awarded Global Energy Prize (2005).
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class (2005).
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2003· 3 entries
Awarded Honorary citizen of Vitebsk (2003).
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Awarded Order of Prince Yaroslav the Wise, 5th class (2003).
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And again in 2007, when he was placed second on the party's federal electoral list behind Gennady Zyuganov and ahead of Nikolai Kharitonov, even though he was not a member of the party
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2002· 3 entries
Won SPIE Gold Medal (2002).
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Awarded honorary doctorate from INSA Toulouse (2002).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Minsk (2002).
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2001· 5 entries
Awarded Order of Francisc Skorina (2001).
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Awarded Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology (2001).
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Awarded State Prize of the Russian Federation (2001).
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Awarded honorary citizen of Saint Petersburg (2001).
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Published “Nobel Lecture: The double heterostructure concept and its applications in physics, electronics, and technology” in Reviews of Modern Physics — cited 302 times.
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2000· 6 entries
Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics — for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics.
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class (2000).
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Awarded Nick Holonyak Jr. Award (2000).
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Awarded Certificate of Honor of the Council of Ministers of the Republic of Belarus (2000).
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Awarded Nobel Prize in Physics (2000).
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Alferov shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for the development of the semiconductor heterojunction for optoelectronics
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1999· 5 entries
Awarded Demidov Prize (1999).
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Awarded Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 3rd class (1999).
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Won A. S. Popov Gold Medal (1999).
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Published “InAs/InGaAs quantum dot structures on GaAs substrates emitting at 1.3 μm” in Applied Physics Letters — cited 349 times.
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Was elected again, this time on the list of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation
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1998· 2 entries
Published “The history and future of semiconductor heterostructures” in Semiconductors — cited 331 times.
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Published “Quantum dot heterostructures: Fabrication, properties, lasers (Review)” in Semiconductors — cited 313 times.
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1997· 3 entries
Published “InGaAs-GaAs quantum-dot lasers” in IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Quantum Electronics — cited 491 times.
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Alferov founded the Research and Education Center at the Ioffe Institute and in 2002, this center officially became the Saint Petersburg Academic University after gaining a charter to award masters and PhD degrees
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Published “Energy relaxation by multiphonon processes in InAs/GaAs quantum dots” in Physical Review B — cited 397 times.
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1996· 4 entries
Awarded Joffe Prize (1996).
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Awarded The Russian Federation Power Engineer Award (1996).
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Published “Gain and differential gain of single layer InAs/GaAs quantum dot injection lasers” in Applied Physics Letters — cited 297 times.
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Published “Direct formation of vertically coupled quantum dots in Stranski-Krastanow growth” in Physical Review B — cited 468 times.
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1995· 4 entries
Published “Ultranarrow Luminescence Lines from Single Quantum Dots” in Physical Review Letters — cited 663 times.
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Career landmark: member of the State Duma (1995–2019).
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As a deputy for the political party Our Home – Russia, generally considered to be supportive of the policies of President Boris Yeltsin
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Published “Radiative recombination in type-II GaSb/GaAs quantum dots” in Applied Physics Letters — cited 297 times.
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1994· 1 entry
Published “Low threshold, large <i> T <sub>o</sub> </i> injectionlaser emissionfrom (InGa)As quantum dots” in Electronics Letters — cited 729 times.
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1989· 1 entry
Alferov gained the administrative position of chairman of the Leningrad Scientific Center, now referred to as the St
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1987· 2 entries
Alferov became the fifth director of the Ioffe Institute
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Alferov and colleagues at the Ioffe Institute established a secondary school in Saint Petersburg, the School of Physics and Technology, under the umbrella of the Ioffe charter
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1986· 1 entry
Awarded Order of Lenin (1986).
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1984· 1 entry
Awarded USSR State Prize (1984).
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1980· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the October Revolution (1980).
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1975).
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1973· 1 entry
Was appointed to the Chair of Optoelectronics at the Electrotechnical Institute, and became Dean of the Faculty of Physics and Technology at the Kalinin Politechnical Institute (now Peter the Great St
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1972· 1 entry
Awarded Lenin Prize (1972).
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1971· 1 entry
Won Stuart Ballantine Medal (1971).
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1968· 1 entry
Alferov and coworkers produced the first continuous-wave semiconductor heterojunction laser operating at room temperature
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1967· 1 entry
On planar semiconductor amplifiers for use in radio receivers
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1966· 1 entry
Alferov's lab created the first lasers based on heterostructures, although they did not lase continuously
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1963· 1 entry
Alferov filed a patent application proposing double-heterostructure lasers; Herbert Kroemer independently filed a US patent several months later
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1961· 1 entry
And his Doctor of Sciences in Physics and Mathematics in 1970, both from the Ioffe Institute
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1959· 1 entry
Awarded Order of the Badge of Honour (1959).
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1952· 2 entries
Studied at Vladimir Ulyanov (Lenin) LETI Saint Petersburg State Electrotechnical University (1952).
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Alferov graduated from the Department of Electronics at V
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1930· 1 entry
Born 1930-03-15.
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