Measurement of high electron temperatures in single atom metal point contacts by light emission

Applied Physics Letters

Volumn 81, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 1252-1254

  Downes, A ^a   Dumas, Ph ^a   Welland, M E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CURRENT FLOWS; ELECTRON ENERGY LOSS; ELECTRON PHONON; LATTICE TEMPERATURES; MAXIMUM CURRENT DENSITY; METAL CONTACTS; METALLIC CONTACTS; OPTICAL SPECTROSCOPY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SCANNING TUNNELING MICROSCOPES; SINGLE ATOMS;

ATOMIC SPECTROSCOPY; ATOMS; ELECTRONS; ENERGY DISSIPATION; LIGHT EMISSION; PHONONS;

ELECTRON TEMPERATURE;

EID: 79956058422     PISSN: 00036951     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1063/1.1497188     Document Type: Article

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