The Nobel Prize in Physics 2000
Awarded on: 2000-10-10
"for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
Affiliations:
- University of California – Santa Barbara, CA, USA
Herbert Kroemer
Born: 1928-08-25 in Weimar, Germany
Gender: male
Field: German–American solid-state physicist (1928–2024)
Biography
Herbert Kroemer was a German–American solid-state physicist who, along with Zhores Alferov, received the 2000 Nobel Prize in Physics "for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics." He 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.