Zhores I. Alferov

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Scientist, born 1930 in Belarus. Awarded the Nobel prize in physics 2000, together with Herbert Kroemer. He has been working with semiconductor heterostructures since early 1960's, which has been the foundation for of today's high-speed communication technology.
"for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics"
-- Nobel Prize motivation

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source: http://www.nobel.se
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