The Nobel Prize in Physics 1973
Awarded on: 1973-10-23
"for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively"
Affiliations:
- General Electric Company – Schenectady, NY, USA
Ivar Giaever
Born: 1929-04-05 in Bergen, Norway
Gender: male
Field: Norwegian–American experimental physicist (1929–2025)
Biography
Ivar Giaever was a Norwegian–American experimental physicist who shared the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physics with Leo Esaki and Brian Josephson. One half of the prize was jointly awarded to Esaki and Giaever "for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively."