Klaus von Klitzing
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| Klaus von Klitzing | |
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| Born | June 28, 1943 |
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| Nationality | Germany |
| Fields | Physics |
| Known for | Quantum Hall Effect |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Physics (1985) |
| Religious stance | Roman Catholic |
Klaus von Klitzing, born June 28, 1943 in Schroda (Środa Wielkopolska ) is a German physicist. For his discovery of the Integer Quantum Hall Effect he was awarded the 1985 Nobel Prize in Physics.
In February 1962 Klitzing passed the Abitur at Artland Gymnasium Quakenbrück. After studying physics at the TU Braunschweig, Klitzing spent 10 research years at the University of Würzburg (Ph.D. thesis 1972 on "Galvanomagnetic Properties of Tellurium in Strong Magnetic Fields", habilitation 1978), with research work at the Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford and High Magnetic Field Laboratory, Grenoble. Klitzing became a professor at the Technical University of Munich in 1980. Klitzing has been a director of the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research in Stuttgart since 1985.
The Von Klitzing constant, RK = h / e2 = 25812.807449(86)Ω, is named in honor of Klitzing's discovery of the Quantum Hall Effect. The constant is listed on The National Institute of Standards and Technology Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty. The constant gives the inverse value of one quantum of electrical conductance.
Today, Klitzing's research focuses on the properties of low dimensional electronic systems, typically in low temperatures and in high magnetic fields.
[edit] External links
- Nobel e-museum, Klaus von Klitzing - Curriculum Vitae
- Klaus von Klitzing - Photo & short Bio
- Artland Gymnasium Quakenbrück
- Homepage of von Klitzing's department at the Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research
- K. v. Klitzing, G. Dorda, M. Pepper (1980). "New Method for High-Accuracy Determination of the Fine-Structure Constant Based on Quantized Hall". Phys. Rev. Lett. 45: 494–497. doi:. http://link.aps.org/abstract/PRL/v45/p494.
- Original article on the Quantum Hall Effect: K. v. Klitzing, G. Dorda, and M. Pepper; Phys. Rev. Lett. 45, 494-497 (1980).
- National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST)
- NIST Reference on Constants, Units, and Uncertainty
