Jump to content

Klaus von Klitzing

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by GreenC bot (talk | contribs) at 04:28, 19 November 2016 (2 archive templates merged to {{webarchive}} (WAM)). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

Klaus von Klitzing
Born (1943-06-28) 28 June 1943 (age 81)
Schroda, Reichsgau Posen, Germany (present-day Poland)
NationalityGerman
Known forQuantum Hall effect[2]
Awards
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
Websitewww.fkf.mpg.de/klitzing

Klaus von Klitzing (born 28 June 1943, Schroda) is a German physicist, known for discovery of the integer quantum Hall effect, for which he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.[3][4]

Education

In 1962, Klitzing passed the Abitur at the Artland Gymnasium in Quakenbrück, 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 Würzburg 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 career

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 continued to work until becoming a 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.[5]

The von Klitzing constant, RK = h/e2 = 25812.807557(18) 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 equal to half that of the conductance quantum value.[6]

Today,[when?] Klitzing's research focuses on the properties of low-dimensional electronic systems, typically in low temperatures and in high magnetic fields.

Honours and awards

Von Klitzing has won numerous awards and honours including:

References

  1. ^ a b "Professor Klaus von Klitzing ForMemRS". London: Royal Society. Archived from the original on 2015-11-06.
  2. ^ [1] Archived September 18, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ [2] Archived April 6, 2004, at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ "Klaus von Klitzing". Nobel-winners.com. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  5. ^ 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): 494–497. Bibcode:1980PhRvL..45..494K. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.45.494.
  6. ^ "Fundamental Physical Constants—Extensive Listing". Physics.nist.gov. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  7. ^ "Honorary Graduates 1989 to present". bath.ac.uk. University of Bath. Retrieved 18 February 2012.
  8. ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1841. Retrieved 10 December 2012. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |trans_title= (help)
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Klaus_von_Klitzing&oldid=750345095"