Nonlinear Peltier effect in semiconductors

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 91, Issue 12, 2007, Pages

  Zebarjadi, Mona ^a   Esfarjani, Keivan ^b   Shakouri, Ali ^a  

^a University of California Santa Cruz   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DOPING (ADDITIVES); ELECTRON-PHONON INTERACTIONS; MONTE CARLO METHODS; PELTIER EFFECT; REFRIGERATORS; THIN FILMS;

ELECTRONIC DISTRIBUTION; MICROREFRIGERATORS; NONLINEAR BEHAVIOR; PARABOLIC BAND SEMICONDUCTORS;

SEMICONDUCTING INDIUM GALLIUM ARSENIDE;

EID: 34648812783     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.2785154     Document Type: Article

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