Temporal measurement of hot-electron relaxation in a phonon-cooled metal island

Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics

Volumn 69, Issue 14, 2004, Pages

  Schmidt, D R ^a   Yung, C S ^a   Cleland, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METAL;

ARTICLE; ELECTRON; FILM; LOW TEMPERATURE; PHONON; RADIOFREQUENCY; SUPERCONDUCTOR; TEMPERATURE MEASUREMENT; THERMOMETER;

EID: 42749103476     PISSN: 01631829     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.69.140301     Document Type: Article

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