Local electron heating in nanoscale conductors
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2015-06-25 v2 Strongly Correlated Electrons
Abstract
The electron current density in nanoscale junctions is typically several orders of magnitude larger than the corresponding one in bulk electrodes. Consequently, the electron-electron scattering rate increases substantially in the junction. This leads to local electron heating of the underlying Fermi sea in analogy to the local ionic heating that is due to the increased electron-phonon scattering rates. We predict the bias dependence of local electron heating in quasi-ballistic nanoscale conductors, its effect on ionic heating, and discuss possible experimental tests of our results.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0605312,
title = {Local electron heating in nanoscale conductors},
author = {Roberto D'Agosta and Na Sai and Massimiliano Di Ventra},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0605312},
year = {2015}
}
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9 pages, 1 figure, Latex