Evgeni Gross

Evgeni Fedorovich Gross ( Russian Евгений Фёдорович Гросс, Evgenii Fedorovich Gross English transcription; born October 8, 1897 in Kolpino, † April 4, 1972 in Leningrad) was a Soviet experimental solid state physicist.

Gross studied at the Leningrad State University, where he graduated in 1924 and from 1938 was professor. Since 1944 he was at the Joffe Institute and since 1964 in the semiconductor Institute of the Soviet Academy of Sciences.

In 1930 he observed the fine structure of spectral lines due to Brillouin scattering. In 1951 he proved the existence of excitons experimentally by ( the first Yakov Frenkel in 1931 theoretically predicted ) and examined in detail after their properties.

In 1946 he became a corresponding member of the Soviet Academy of Sciences. In 1946 he was awarded the State Prize of the USSR, Lenin Prize in 1966 and he was awarded the Order of Lenin.