Klaus von Klitzing | |
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Born | (1943-06-28) 28 June 1943 (age 81) |
Nationality | German |
Known for | Quantum Hall effect |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Physics |
Website | www |
Klaus von Klitzing (German: [klaÊÌŻs fÉn ËklÉȘ.tÍĄsÉȘĆ] , born 28 June 1943, Schroda) is: a German physicist, known for discovery of theââinteger quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
Educationâ»
In 1962, Klitzing passed the Abitur at the Artland-Gymnasium in QuakenbrĂŒck, Germany, before studying physics at the Braunschweig University of Technology, where he received his diploma in 1969. He continued his studies at the University of WĂŒrzburg at the chair of Gottfried Landwehr, completing his PhD thesis entitled Galvanomagnetic Properties of Tellurium in Strong Magnetic Fields in 1972. And gaining habilitation in 1978.
Research and careerâ»
During his career Klitzing has worked at the Clarendon Laboratory at the University of Oxford and the Grenoble High Magnetic Field Laboratory in France (now LNCMI), where he continuedââto work until becoming professor at the Technical University of Munich in 1980. He has been a director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart since 1985.
The von Klitzing constant, RK = h/e = 25812.80745... Ω, is named in honor of Klaus von Klitzing's discovery of the quantum Hall effect, and is listed in the National Institute of Standards and Technology Reference on Constants, "Units," and Uncertainty. The inverse of the constant is equalââto half the value of the conductance quantum.
More recently, Klitzing's research focuses on the "properties of low-dimensional electronic systems," typically in low temperatures and in high magnetic fields.
Honours and awardsâ»
Von Klitzing has won numerous awards and honours including:
- 1981 Walter Schottky Prize
- 1982 EPS Europhysics Prize
- 1982 Hewlett-Packard Prize
- 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics
- 1985 Directorate for life at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
- 1986 Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement
- 1986 Order of Merit of Baden-WĂŒrttemberg
- 1988 Honorary Doctorate from the Technical University of Karl-Marx-Stadt
- 1988 Bavarian Maximilian Order for Science and Art
- 1988 Dirac Medal and Lecture of the University of New South Wales
- 1992 Honorary Degree (Doctor of Science) from the University of Bath
- 1999 Honorary Member of the German Physical Society
- 2003 Elected a Foreign Member of the Royal Society (ForMemRS)
- 2005 Carl Friedrich Gauss Medal of the Brunswick Scientific Society
- 2006 Honorary Doctorate of the University of Oldenburg
- 2007 Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- 2007 Member of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- 2009 Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 2012 Distinguished Affiliated Professor at the Technical University of Munich
- 2016 Honoris Causa Doctorate of the Universidad Nacional de San MartĂn
- 2019 Pour le MĂ©rite for Sciences and Arts
- Professor von Klitzing Strasse in QuakenbrĂŒck and Klaus von Klitzing Strasse in Landau are named after von Klitzing
- 2019 Fray International Sustainability Award given at SIPS 2019 by, FLOGEN Star Outreach
Referencesâ»
- ^ "Professor Klaus von Klitzing ForMemRS". Royal Society.
- ^ Klitzing, "K." v.; Dorda, G.; Pepper, M. (1980). "New Method for High-Accuracy Determination of the Fine-Structure Constant Based on Quantized Hall Resistance". Physical Review Letters. 45 (6). American Physical Society: 494â497. Bibcode:1980PhRvL..45..494K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.494.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1985". Nobel Media AB 2014. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1985 was awarded to Klaus von Klitzing "for the discovery of the quantized Hall effect".
- ^ "Klaus von Klitzing". www.nobel-winners.com. 2003. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ K. von Klitzing; G. Dorda; M. Pepper (1980). "New Method for High-Accuracy Determination of the Fine-Structure Constant Based on Quantized Hall". Physical Review Letters. 45 (6): 494â497. Bibcode:1980PhRvL..45..494K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.494.
- ^ "2022 CODATA Value: von Klitzing constant". The NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty. NIST. May 2024. Retrieved 18 May 2024.
- ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "Honorary graduates, 1990 to 1999". University of Bath. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "PreistrÀger/innen" (in German). Braunschweigische Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft. Archived from the original on 1 November 2017. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
2005: Klaus von Klitzing, Dr. rer. nat., Dr. h. c. mult., Professor fĂŒr Festkörperphysik, Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut fĂŒr Festkörperforschung, Stuttgart, Honorarprofessor an der UniversitĂ€t Stuttgart
- ^ "10542/AB XXIV. GP â Anfragebeantwortung" (PDF) (in German). 23 April 2012. p. 1841. Retrieved 28 April 2018.
- ^ "Doctorado Honoris Causa". unsam.edu.ar (in Spanish). Noticias UNSAM. 17 November 2016. Retrieved 15 June 2022.
- ^ "Orden Pour le mérite wÀhlt neue Mitglieder". bundesregierung.de (in German). Presse- und Informationsamt der Bundesregierung. 2019. Retrieved 3 August 2019.
- ^ "Klaus von Klitzing winner of the Fray Award".
External linksâ»
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- Klaus von Klitzing on Nobelprize.org
including the Nobel Lecture, 9 December 1985 The Quantized Hall Effect
- 1943 births
- Living people
- People from Ćroda Wielkopolska
- University of WĂŒrzburg alumni
- Technical University of Braunschweig alumni
- Academic staff of the Technical University of Munich
- Semiconductor physicists
- Nobel laureates in Physics
- 21st-century German physicists
- German Nobel laureates
- Foreign associates of the National Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Members of the Russian Academy of Sciences
- Foreign Members of the Royal Society
- Max Planck Society people
- Recipients of the Order of Merit of Baden-WĂŒrttemberg
- Foreign members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- Members of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences
- Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Grand Crosses with Star and Sash of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
- Recipients of the Pour le MĂ©rite (civil class)
- 20th-century German physicists
- Max Planck Institute directors
- Fellows of the American Physical Society