Lester H. Germer
Lester Halbert Germer (born October 10, 1896 in Chicago , Illinois , † October 3, 1971 in Gardiner , New York ) was an American physicist . Together with his colleague Clinton Davisson , he experimentally demonstrated the wave properties of electrons for the first time in 1927 .
Life
After graduating from Columbia University , Germer worked at Bell Telephone Laboratories in New York City under the supervision of Clinton Davisson . By bombarding a single nickel crystal with an electron beam, the two succeeded in demonstrating the wave properties of electrons predicted by Louis-Victor de Broglie .
In 1928 he became a Fellow of the American Physical Society .
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ CJ Davisson and LH Germer. Confirming Quantum Mechanics. American Physical Society, accessed November 27, 2015 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Germer, Lester H. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Germer, Lester Halbert (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American physicist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 10, 1896 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Chicago , Illinois |
| DATE OF DEATH | 3rd October 1971 |
| Place of death | Gardiner , New York |