M I K H A I L A L E K S E E V I C H K R I V O V ( O N H I S 6 0 T H B I R T H D A Y )

On November 20, 1976, Mikhail Alekseevich Krivov, d i r ec to r of the oldest scientif ic es tab l i shment in Siberia, the V. D, Kuznetsov Siberian Insti tute of Technical Physics , and m e m b e r of the edi tor ia l board of this journal , ce lebra ted his 60th bir thday, which also marked 37 y r of scientif ic , p rac t ica l , admin is t ra t ive , a n d c o m - munity act ivi ty. During his working life M. A. Kr ivov rose f rom a worke r to d i rec to r of the insti tute. M.A. Krivov graduated f rom T o m s k Univers i ty in 1940 to exper ience the Second World War, and re tu rn to the Si- be r i an Insti tute of Technical Phys ics in 1945, where he act ively engaged in scient i f ic r e s e a r c h in the then s t i l l sma l l Inst i tute. He soon became scient i f ic deputy to Academician V. D. Kuznetsov, the o rgan ize r and d i rec to r of the Siberian Institute of Technical Phsyics .

The pos twar y e a r s saw the beginning of the p r e sen t -day sc i en t i f i c - technical revolut ion. Defining and organizing the development of new lines of scient i f ic r e s e a r c h guaranteed the viabil i ty and fur ther p romise of physics r e s e a r c h at T o m s k Univers i ty . M. A. Kr ivov discharged this t a sk successfu l ly and was r ecommended for the post of d i rec to r of the Insti tute. By contras t with cer ta in depar tments and academic inst i tutes, the Siberian Institute of Technical Phys ics is a mul t ipurpose institute in which subdivisions of var ious physica l discipl ines opera te . This a s s i s t s the development of compl ica ted invest igations and ensu re s an up- to -da te scient i f ic bas is for the p rac t i ca l t ra in ing of students in all the specia l b ranches of physics in the Univers i ty . However, this also c r ea t e s c e r - ta in compl ica t ions in the organizat ion of scientif ic work which demand in the d i r ec to r abil i t ies and persona l quali t ies beyond the ordinary . As d i rec tor , Kr ivov p o s s e s s e d a broad outlook, was a s t rong par ty man, acted democra t i ca l ly in solving important p rob lems in the life of the Inst i tute, and showed f i rmness and adherence to principle in ca r ry ing out a pro jec ted course of action.

As a sc ient is t M. A. Krivov was one of the ini t ia tors in Siber ia of work investigating the physics of semiconduc tors . Since 1954, M. A.

Kr ivov has d i rec ted and par t ic ipa ted in complex invest igations of the e lec t rophys ica l , photoelectr ic , and opt i - cal p rope r t i e s of a tomic semiconductors , b inary and t e r n a r y chemical compounds, the origin and format ion of defects a r i s ing on exposure to radiat ion, heat t r ea tmen t and diffusion doping. A large s e r i e s of inves t iga- t ions was made of defects in ge rman ium and silicon, the solubili ty, chemica l activity and ene rgy spec t rum of some impur i t ies in g e r m a n i u m under the conditions of s t rong doping and compensat ion, the effect of radiat ion with subl iminal ene rg ies on the p rope r t i e s of ge rman ium and sil icon, as well as of devices based on these e lements , Complex invest igat ions were also c a r r i e d out concerning the p rope r t i e s of gal l ium arsenide , its ene rgy spec t rum, the p r o c e s s e s of the format ion and interact ion of defects c rea ted by h igh - t empera tu re p r o - cess ing, by ionizing radiat ion and diffusion doping. The resu l t s enabled the phys icochemica l bas is to be laid of techniques for obtaining m a t e r i a l s with specif ied p rope r t i e s for a s e r i e s of semiconductor devices . M.A. Kr ivov and his students published ove r a hundred papers on these quest ions.

A sc ient is t , communis t , and an active man in communi ty se rv ice , Mikhail Alekseevich Krivov is g rea t ly r e spec ted at the Inst i tute. He has rece ived high awards f r o m the Nation for his s e rv i ces , such as the Orde r of the October Revolution, the O r d e r of the Red Banner of Labor , the "Emblem of Honor," two Orde r s of the Red Star, and many meda l s .

The edi tor ia l board of the journal wishes Mikhail Alekseevieh good health and fu r the r success in his p r o - ductive work, admin i s t r a t ive , and communi ty act ivi t ies .

The Edi tor ia l Board of the Journal

T rans l a t ed f r o m Izves t iyaVyssh ikhUchebnykh Zavedenii , Fizika, No. 11, p. 156, November , 1976.

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