Temporal step fluctuations on a conductor surface: Electromigration force, surface resistivity and low-frequency noise

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 9, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Williams, E D ^a   Bondarchuk, O ^a   Tao, C G ^a   Yan, W ^a   Cullen, W G ^a   Rous, P J ^b   Bole, T ^b  

^a Bldg 142   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND BALTIMORE COUNTY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC NOISE; ENERGY TRANSFER; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; SURFACE RESISTANCE;

BULK RESISTIVITY; CONDUCTOR SURFACES; CONTINUUM STEP MODEL; ELECTROMIGRATION FORCE; FLUCTUATION SPECTRUM; TEMPORAL STEP FLUCTUATIONS;

CHARGE CARRIERS;

EID: 35748944560     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/9/10/387     Document Type: Article

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