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TY - JOUR
T1 - Quantum Transport Thermometry for Electrons in Graphene
AU - Kechedzhi, K.
AU - Horsell, D. W.
AU - Tikhonenko, F. V.
AU - Savchenko, A. K.
AU - Gorbachev, R. V.
AU - Lerner, I. V.
AU - Falko, Vladimir
N1 - © 2009 The American Physical Society
PY - 2009/2/13
Y1 - 2009/2/13
N2 - We propose a method of measuring the electron temperature T-e in mesoscopic conductors and demonstrate experimentally its applicability to micron-size graphene devices in the linear-response regime (T-e approximate to T, the bath temperature). The method can be especially useful in case of overheating, T-e > T. It is based on analysis of the correlation function of mesoscopic conductance fluctuations. Although the fluctuation amplitude strongly depends on the details of electron scattering in graphene, we show that T-e extracted from the correlation function is insensitive to these details.
AB - We propose a method of measuring the electron temperature T-e in mesoscopic conductors and demonstrate experimentally its applicability to micron-size graphene devices in the linear-response regime (T-e approximate to T, the bath temperature). The method can be especially useful in case of overheating, T-e > T. It is based on analysis of the correlation function of mesoscopic conductance fluctuations. Although the fluctuation amplitude strongly depends on the details of electron scattering in graphene, we show that T-e extracted from the correlation function is insensitive to these details.
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U2 - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.066801
DO - 10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.066801
M3 - Journal article
VL - 102
JO - Physical review letters
JF - Physical review letters
SN - 1079-7114
IS - 6
M1 - 066801
ER -