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Herbert Kroemer

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German-American physics (1928–2024)

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Herbert Kroemer was a German-American physicist who lived from 1928 to 2024 and made significant contributions to the field of physics. His work was important enough to be recognized and remembered in the scientific community, though the specific details of his achievements would require additional sources to explain.

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Nobel Prize

  • The Nobel Prize in Physics2000

    for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics

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Instance of
human
Given name
Herbert
Gender
male
Citizenship
United States
Place of birth
Weimar
Languages spoken
German
Religion
atheism
Doctoral advisor
Richard Becker
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Herbert Kroemer (cropped).jpg
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date of birth
1928-08-25
Erdős number
9
name in native language
Herbert Krömer
Commons category
Herbert Kroemer
influenced by
Friedrich Hund
interested in
physics
maintained by WikiProject
WikiProject Mathematics
date of death
2024-03-08
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Encyclopedic overview

Herbert Kroemer ( German: [ˈhɛʁbɛʁt ˈkʁøːmɐ] ; August 25, 1928 – March 8, 2024) was a German–American physicist who, along with Zhores Alferov, received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics." Kroemer was Professor of Electrical Engineering at the University of California, Santa Barbara. His research into transistors was a stepping stone to the later development of mobile phone technologies.

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