Unsymmetrical hot electron heating in quasi-ballistic nanocontacts

Scientific Reports

Volumn 2, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tsutsui, Makusu ^a   Kawai, Tomoji ^a   Taniguchi, Masateru ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTRON; HEAT; HEATING; NOISE; SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84945573038     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep00217     Document Type: Article

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