Dr. Norman O. Birge

Professor of Physics

Phone: (517) 353-8746
Fax: (517) 353-4500
Address: 126D Physics & Astronomy Bldg., MSU, E. Lansing, MI 48824
e-mail:birge@pa.msu.edu


Education
  • B.A. Physics, Summa Cum Laude, Harvard College, 1979
  • Ph.D. Physics; University of Chicago, 1986

Awards and Honors

  • Telegdi Prize (Univ. of Chicago Physics Candidacy Exam), 1981
  • Robert McCormick Graduate Fellowship, 1980
  • National Science Foundation Graduate Fellowship, 1980
  • Phi Beta Kappa, Alpha Chapter, 1978

Selected Publications
  • Measurement of the energy distribution function of quasiparticles in mesoscopic wires, H. Pothier, S. Gueron, N.O. Birge, D. Esteve, and M.H. Devoret, Phys. Rev. Lett., 79, 3490 (1997).
  • Energy distribution of electrons in an out-of-equilibrium metallic wire, H. Pothier, S. Gueron, N.O. Birge, D. Esteve, and M.H. Devoret, Z. Physik. B 104, 178 (1997).
  • Superconducting proximity effect probed on a mesoscopic length scale, S. Gueron, H. Pothier, N.O. Birge, D. Esteve and M.H. Devoret, Phys. Rev. Lett. 77, 3025 (1996)
  • Mechanical strain, conductance fluctuations, and dynamics of single tunneling defects, N.O. Birge, J.S. Moon and D. Hoadley, Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Low Temperature Physics, Czech. J. of Phys. 46, Suppl. S4, 2343 (1996).

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