Photon-mediated thermal relaxation of electrons in nanostructures

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2004, Pages

  Schmidt, D R ^a   Schoelkopf, R J ^b   Cleland, A N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Yale University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOLOMETERS; DEMAGNETIZATION; DIFFUSION; DISPERSIONS; ELECTRONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OSCILLATIONS; PHOTONS; QUANTUM THEORY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

NANOSCALE ELECTRON SYSTEM; PHOTON CONDUCTANCE; THERMAL EQUILIBRATION; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS;

EID: 4344568612     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.93.045901     Document Type: Article

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