John Bardeen and Walter Brattain connected semiconductor surface behavior with the operation of the point-contact transistor. Carrier injection near closely spaced contacts allowed a small input to control a larger electrical response, making amplification possible in a solid-state device.[ref]
The Transistor, A Semi-Conductor Triode by John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain. Physical Review 74, 230 (1948), device operation
He later coauthored BCS theory, in which a coherent paired-electron ground state explains central properties of conventional superconductivity. This links microscopic interactions with an excitation gap and collective magnetic and thermal response.[ref]
Theory of Superconductivity by John Bardeen and others. Physical Review 108, 1175 (1957), microscopic paired-state theory
A physicist.[ref]
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1956/bardeen/biographical/?NMW_TRANS=ext. Independent professional profile
Portrait of John Bardeen
. Source. - Electron-Phonon Interactions and Superconductivity by John Bardeen
- Semiconductor research leading to the point contact transistor by John Bardeen
- Theory of Superconductivity by John Bardeen and others
- The Transistor, A Semi-Conductor Triode by John Bardeen and Walter Houser Brattain
- Walter Houser Brattain by John Bardeen
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John Bardeen was an American physicist and electrical engineer, best known for his foundational contributions to the field of semiconductor physics and for co-inventing the transistor, a key component in modern electronic devices. He was born on May 23, 1908, and passed away on January 30, 1997.
The Story of John Bardeen at the University of Illinois (2010)
Source. - youtu.be/OyV8qSwGUHU?t=976 of when Bardeen demoed the transistor in class is particularly memorable
- youtu.be/OyV8qSwGUHU?t=1105 some of his golf colleagues didn't know he had won a Nobel Prize!