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Quantum-dot thermometry

Author

  • E. A. Hoffmann
  • N. Nakpathomkun
  • A. I. Persson
  • H. Linke
  • Henrik Nilsson
  • Lars Samuelson

Summary, in English

We present a method for the measurement of a temperature differential across a single quantum dot that has transmission resonances that are separated in energy by much more than the thermal energy. We determine numerically that the method is accurate to within a few percent across a wide range of parameters. The proposed method measures the temperature of the electrons that enter the quantum dot and will be useful in experiments that aim to test theory which predicts that quantum dots are highly efficient thermoelectrics.

Publishing year

2007

Language

English

Publication/Series

Applied Physics Letters

Volume

91

Issue

25

Document type

Journal article

Publisher

American Institute of Physics (AIP)

Topic

  • Condensed Matter Physics

Status

Published

ISBN/ISSN/Other

  • ISSN: 0003-6951