Strain enhanced electron cooling in a degenerately doped semiconductor

M. J. Prest; J. T. Muhonen; Mika Prunnila; D. Gunnarsson; V.A. Shah; J.S. Richardson-Bullock; A. Dobbie; M. Myronov; R.J.H. Morris; T.E. Whall; E.H.C. Parker; D.R. Leadley

doi:10.1063/1.3670330

Strain enhanced electron cooling in a degenerately doped semiconductor

M. J. Prest (Corresponding Author), J. T. Muhonen, Mika Prunnila, D. Gunnarsson, V.A. Shah, J.S. Richardson-Bullock, A. Dobbie, M. Myronov, R.J.H. Morris, T.E. Whall, E.H.C. Parker, D.R. Leadley

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Abstract

Enhanced electron cooling is demonstrated in a strained-silicon/superconductor tunnel junction refrigerator of volume 40 μm³. The electron temperature is reduced from 300 mK to 174 mK, with the enhancement over an unstrained silicon control (300 mK–258 mK) being attributed to the smaller electron-phonon coupling in the strained case. Modeling and the resulting predictions of silicon-based cooler performance are presented. Further reductions in the minimum temperature are expected if the junction sub-gap leakage and tunnel resistance can be reduced. However, if only tunnel resistance is reduced, Joule heating is predicted to dominate.

Original language	English
Article number	251908
Number of pages	4
Journal	Applied Physics Letters
Volume	99
Issue number	25
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3670330
Publication status	Published - 2011
MoE publication type	A1 Journal article-refereed

Keywords

Cooling
degenerate semiconductors
electronphonon interactions
elemental semiconductors
refrigerators
silicon
superconducting junction devices
superconductor-semiconductor boundaries

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Strain enhanced electron cooling in a degenerately doped semiconductor. / Prest, M. J. (Corresponding Author); Muhonen, J. T.; Prunnila, Mika; Gunnarsson, D.; Shah, V.A.; Richardson-Bullock, J.S.; Dobbie, A.; Myronov, M.; Morris, R.J.H.; Whall, T.E.; Parker, E.H.C.; Leadley, D.R.

In: Applied Physics Letters, Vol. 99, No. 25, 251908, 2011.

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