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Birth of the Transistor: Bell Labs, Purdue, and the Second World War
02 Feb 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Michael J. Manfra
Semiconductors at Purdue in the 1940’s and the invention of the transistor at Bell Labs.
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C.V. Raman and the Impact of Raman Effect in Quantum Physics, Condensed Matter, and Materials Science
18 Sep 2008 | | Contributor(s):: Anant K. Ramdas
Raman’s momentous discovery in 1928 that the spectral analysis of the light scattered by matter, illuminated with monochromatic light of frequency ωL, reveals new signatures at (ωL ± ωi) , ωi’s being the internal frequencies of the matter [Nature121, 501 (1928); Indian Journal of Physics 2, 387...
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Computers in Space: Transistors in the Age of Apollo
02 Feb 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Ekaterina Babintseva
The role of transistors in the race to the moon.
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From Apollo to Apple: How a Purdue Alum, Mohamed Atalla, Started Moore's Law and Transformed the World
02 Feb 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Muhammad A. Alam
The Silicon MOSFET, a better transistor. Demonstration of the 1960 silicon MOSFET (metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistor), the mainstay of today’s electronics, which was co-invented by Purdue alumnus Mohamed M. Atalla at Bell Labs.
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Nanoelectronic Modeling Lecture 22: NEMO1D - Motivation, History and Key Insights
07 Feb 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
The primary objective of the NEMO-1D tool was the quantitative modeling of high performance Resonant Tunneling Diodes (RTDs). The software tool was intended for Engineers (concepts, fast turn-around, interactive) and Scientists (detailed device anaysis). Therefore various degrees of...
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Nanoelectronic Modeling Lecture 29: Introduction to the NEMO3D Tool
04 Aug 2010 | | Contributor(s):: Gerhard Klimeck
This presentation provides a very high level software overview of NEMO3D. The items discussed are:Modeling Agenda and MotivationTight-Binding Motivation and basic formula expressionsTight binding representation of strainSoftware structureNEMO3D algorithm flow NEMO3D parallelization scheme –...
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Opening Remarks & Transistors in the 1950s
02 Feb 2023 | | Contributor(s):: Mark Lundstrom
Opening Remarks by Mark Lundstrom and recorded message by US Senator Todd Young.
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Technology challenges of the 21st Century
14 May 2007 | | Contributor(s):: Eugene Meieran
The 20th century was a century of remarkable scientific and technical achievement, as recorded in the National Academy of Engineering book, "A Century of Innovation". Three forces ("a perfect storm") combined to make this possible; almost universal availability of electric power to enable many of...
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The History of Semiconductor Heterostructures Research: From Early Double Heterostructure Concept to Modern Quantum Dot Structures
11 Jul 2011 | | Contributor(s):: Zhores I. Alferov
It would be very difficult today to imagine solid-state physics without semiconductor heterostructures. Semiconductor heterostructures and especially double heterostructures, including quantum wells, quantum wires and quantum dots, currently comprise the object of investigation of two thirds of...
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The Pioneers of Quantum Computing
19 Nov 2010 | | Contributor(s):: David P. Di Vincenzo
This talk profiles the persons whose insights and visions created the subject of quantum information science. Some famous, some not, they all thought deeply about the puzzles and contradictions that were apparent to the founders of quantum theory. After many years of germination, the confluence...