ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONS IN AN OUT-OF-EQUILIBRIUM METALLIC WIRE (VOL 103, PG 313, 1997)

Authors
POTHIER H GUERON S BIRGE NO ESTEVE D DEVORET MH
Citation
H. Pothier et al., ENERGY-DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRONS IN AN OUT-OF-EQUILIBRIUM METALLIC WIRE (VOL 103, PG 313, 1997), Zeitschrift fur Physik. B, Condensed matter, 104(1), 1997, pp. 178-182
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Physics, Condensed Matter
Journal title
Zeitschrift fur Physik. B, Condensed matter → ACNP
ISSN journal
07223277
Volume
104
Issue
1
Year of publication
1997
Pages
178 - 182
Database
ISI
SICI code
0722-3277(1997)104:1<178:EOEIAO>2.0.ZU;2-U
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.