Nikolay Devyatkov

Nikolay Devyatkov
Николай Девятков
Born(1907-04-11)11 April 1907
Died1 February 2001(2001-02-01) (aged 93)
CitizenshipSoviet Union, Russia
Alma materLeningrad Politechnical Institute
Known forInventor of a reflex klystron
MM-wave Therapy
AwardsHero of Socialist Labour (1969), Stalin Prize (1949), Lenin Prize (1965), State Prize of the Russian Federation (2000)
Scientific career
FieldsElectronics
InstitutionsNPC "Istok"
Institute of Radio-engineering and Electronics
Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology

Nikolay Dmitrievich Devyatkov (Russian: Николай Дмитриевич Девятков; 11 April [O.S. 29 March] 1907 – 1 February 2001) was a Soviet and Russian scientist and inventor of microwave vacuum tubes and medical equipment. Full Member of the USSR/Russian Academy of Sciences (1968; Corresponding Member from 1953). Professor of the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.

Most of Devyatkov's scientific papers apply to microwave vacuum tubes. He was an author of more than 250 scientific works and inventions, and was the inventor of a reflex klystron (1939, with E. Daniltsev).