ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONS IN AND OUT-OF-EQUILIBRIUM METALLIC WIRE

Authors
POTHIER H GUERON S BIRGE NO ESTEVE D
Citation
H. Pothier et al., ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONS IN AND OUT-OF-EQUILIBRIUM METALLIC WIRE, Zeitschrift fur Physik. B, Condensed matter, 103(2), 1997, pp. 313-318
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
07223277
Volume
103
Issue
2
Year of publication
1997
Pages
313 - 318
Database
ISI
SICI code
0722-3277(1997)103:2<313:EOEIAO>2.0.ZU;2-E
Abstract
We have measured with a tunnel probe the energy distribution function of quasiparticles in the middle of a 1.5 mu m-long copper wire placed between two reservoirs at different potentials. We find a distribution function close to half the sum of the Fermi distributions in the rese rvoirs. The deviation from this behavior is not yet understood.