Esaki Reona
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Esaki Reona, better known internationally as Leo Esaki, is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling and the invention of the Esaki (tunnel) diode.
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| Esaki Reona canonical | 2 |
How this entity was disambiguated
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Esaki Reona Context triple: [Leo Esaki, birthName, Esaki Reona]
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Takako Doi
Takako Doi was a pioneering Japanese politician who became the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives and a prominent leader of Japan’s socialist and opposition politics in the late 20th century.
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B.
Atsuko
Atsuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women and princesses in Japan, with meanings that vary depending on the kanji used.
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Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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Yukari Itami
Yukari Itami is the wife of Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe and the daughter of renowned film director Mansaku Itami.
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E.
Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese conservative politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has served in several ministerial posts and is known for her bids for party leadership and advocacy of hawkish security and traditionalist social policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Esaki Reona Target entity description: Esaki Reona, better known internationally as Leo Esaki, is a Japanese physicist and Nobel laureate renowned for his pioneering work on quantum tunneling and the invention of the Esaki (tunnel) diode.
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A.
Takako Doi
Takako Doi was a pioneering Japanese politician who became the first female Speaker of the House of Representatives and a prominent leader of Japan’s socialist and opposition politics in the late 20th century.
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B.
Atsuko
Atsuko is a Japanese feminine given name commonly borne by women and princesses in Japan, with meanings that vary depending on the kanji used.
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C.
Yuriko
Yuriko is the given name of Japanese actress Rinko Kikuchi, known for her roles in films such as "Babel" and "Pacific Rim."
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D.
Yukari Itami
Yukari Itami is the wife of Nobel Prize–winning Japanese author Kenzaburō Ōe and the daughter of renowned film director Mansaku Itami.
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E.
Sanae Takaichi
Sanae Takaichi is a Japanese conservative politician of the Liberal Democratic Party who has served in several ministerial posts and is known for her bids for party leadership and advocacy of hawkish security and traditionalist social policies.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Japanese physicist
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Nobel laureate in Physics ⓘ human ⓘ physicist ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | Leo Esaki ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
IEEE Medal of Honor
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Japan Academy Prize ⓘ Nobel Prize in Physics ⓘ Order of Culture (Japan) ⓘ
linked to:
Order of Culture
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| birthDate | 1925-03-12 ⓘ |
| birthPlace |
Osaka, Japan
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linked to:
Osaka
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| citizenshipStatus | natural-born Japanese citizen ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | Japan ⓘ |
| degree | PhD in Physics ⓘ |
| developed |
Esaki diode
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semiconductor superlattice structures ⓘ |
| doctoralThesisTopic | tunnel effect in semiconductors ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Tokyo ⓘ |
| employer |
IBM
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Sony ⓘ University of Tsukuba ⓘ |
| era |
20th-century physics
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21st-century physics ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
quantum electronics
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semiconductor physics ⓘ solid-state physics ⓘ |
| gender | male ⓘ |
| hasPublicationType |
scientific lecture
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scientific paper ⓘ |
| influenced |
development of high-speed semiconductor devices
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research on quantum transport in nanostructures ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Esaki diode
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negative differential resistance devices ⓘ quantum tunneling in semiconductors ⓘ superlattice concept in semiconductors ⓘ tunnel diode ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | Japanese ⓘ |
| name | Esaki Reona ⓘ |
| nativeName | 江崎 玲於奈 ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.category | Physics ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.motivation | for experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.sharedWith |
Brian David Josephson
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Ivar Giaever ⓘ |
| NobelPrize.year | 1973 ⓘ |
| notableStudentOrCollaborator | Leo Falicov ⓘ |
| notableWork |
Nobel lecture on long journey into tunneling
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linked to:
Nobel lectures
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| positionHeld | president of University of Tsukuba ⓘ |
| residence | Japan ⓘ |
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