Arthur C. Gossard (June 18, 1935 – June 26, 2022) was a professor of

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and

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at the

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. In 1982, he co-discovered the

fractional quantum Hall effect The fractional quantum Hall effect (fractional QHE or FQHE) is the observation of precisely quantized plateaus in the Hall conductance of 2-dimensional (2D) electrons at fractional values of e^2/h, where ''e'' is the electron charge and ''h'' i ...

. His research is related to molecular beam epitaxy (MBE). He has a doctorate in physics from

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. After university, he joined Bell Labs. In 1987, he was elected a member of the US

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for contributions to the study of the physics of ultra-thin semiconducting layers through molecular beam epitaxy, leading to new physics and new devices. He was also a member of the US

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. In 2016, Gossard was named as a recipient of a

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. He died on June 26, 2022 at 87 years old.

Lectures

* 1991
Heterostructures for new dimensions of electron confinement
Lecture sponsored by the Dept. of Electrical and Computer engineering, University of California, San Diego. Electrical and Computer Engineering Distinguished Lecture Series. Digital object made available by UC San Diego Library.

References

External links

UC Santa Barbara faculty profile
American materials scientists Members of the United States National Academy of Engineering University of California, Santa Barbara faculty University of California, Berkeley alumni Members of the United States National Academy of Sciences Oliver E. Buckley Condensed Matter Prize winners National Medal of Technology recipients Fellows of the American Physical Society {{US-engineer-stub