Richard A. Webb

Richard A. Webb (10 September 1946 – 23 January 2016)[1] was an experimental solid-state physicist who is particularly noted for his work on the electronic properties of mesoscopic systems.

Life

Richard Webb received his BSc degree from UC Berkeley (1968) and his M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from UC San Diego (1970 and 1973). Between 1978 and 1993 he was researcher at the IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center. From 1993-2004 he was a professor at the University of Maryland, College Park, where he worked at the Center for Superconductivity Research. Starting 2004, he was a professor at the University of South Carolina.[2]

Research

Main research activity of Richard Webb was the experimental study of the electronic properties of mesoscopic systems, i.e. structures with spatial dimensions that are similar to fundamental physical length scales for the electrons in the materials, such as the coherence length or the Fermi wavelength. One particularly important result was the observation of Aharonov-Bohn oscillations in metallic rings.[3]

Awards

References

  1. ↑ "It is with great sadness that we report the passing of Dr. Richard Webb. / Physics and Astronomy / University of South Carolina". University of South Carolina. Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  2. 1 2 3 "Richard Webb / Array of Contemporary American Physicists". American Institute of Physics (AIP). Retrieved 2016-12-17.
  3. ↑ Webb, RA; Washburn, S; Umbach, CP; Laibowitz, RB (1985). "Observation of h/e Aharonov–Bohm Oscillations in Normal-Metal Rings". Physical Review Letters. 54 (25): 2696–2699. Bibcode:1985PhRvL..54.2696W. doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.54.2696. PMID 10031414.
  4. ↑ "Simon Memorial Prize: past winners". IOP. Retrieved 2016-12-15.
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