Hot-electron thermocouple and the diffusion thermopower of two-dimensional electrons in GaAs

Physical Review Letters

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2009, Pages

  Chickering, W E ^a   Eisenstein, J P ^a   Reno, J L ^b  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b SANDIA NATIONAL LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVENTIONAL METHODS; DRAG EFFECTS; GAAS; MICRON SCALE; THERMOPOWERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL ELECTRON SYSTEM (2DES); ZERO MAGNETIC FIELDS;

DIFFUSION; HOT ELECTRONS; MAGNETIC FIELDS; THERMAL EFFECTS; THERMOCOUPLES; THERMOELECTRIC POWER; THERMOMETERS; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

ELECTRONS;

EID: 68749109649     PISSN: 00319007     EISSN: 10797114     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevLett.103.046807     Document Type: Article

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