Study of conductance fluctuations (1/fα noise) in metallic nanowires

Proceedings of SPIE - The International Society for Optical Engineering

Volumn 5469, Issue , 2004, Pages 320-327

  Bid, Aveek ^a   Raychaudhuri, A K ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONDUCTANCE FLUCTUATIONS (CF); HOOGE'S FORMULA; METALLIC NANOWIRES; RELAXATIONS;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CRYSTAL DEFECTS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTANCE; ELECTRIC CURRENTS; ELECTRODEPOSITION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; POLYCARBONATES; SILVER; THERMAL DIFFUSION; THERMAL NOISE; ULSI CIRCUITS; VLSI CIRCUITS;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 4344560937     PISSN: 0277786X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1117/12.545333     Document Type: Conference Paper

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