HgCdTe superlattices for solid-state cryogenic refrigeration

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 88, Issue 13, 2006, Pages

  Vashaee, Daryoosh ^a   Shakouri, Ali ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BOLTZMANN TRANSPORT EQUATION; ELECTRON TRANSMISSION; MERCURY CADMIUM TELLURIDE MATERIAL SYSTEM; THERMAL SPREADING;

CARRIER CONCENTRATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERMI LEVEL; MERCURY COMPOUNDS; SEEBECK EFFECT; THERMOELECTRIC REFRIGERATION;

SUPERLATTICES;

EID: 33645522618     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2191094     Document Type: Article

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