1992/03/01 by H van Houten, H. van Houten, L W Molenkamp +5 · 3 citations
Chemistry · Materials Science · Physics and Astronomy · #Advanced Physical and Chemical Molecular Interactions #Chemical and Physical Properties of Materials #Thermal properties of materials #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1088/0268-1242/7/3b/052
published as Semiconductor Science & Technology 7, B215 (1992) · #4 of a series of 4 legacy reviews on QPC's
openalex publication_date 1992/03/01 · arxiv created 2005/12/23 · arxiv updated 2009/12/01 · openalex created_date 2016/06/24 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/30
The conductance, the thermal conductance, the thermopower and the Peltier coefficient of a quantum point contact all exhibit quantum size effects. The authors review and extend the theory of these effects. In addition, they review their experimental work on the quantum oscillations in the thermopower, observed using a current heating technique. New data are presented showing evidence for quantum steps in the thermal conductance, and (less unequivocally) for quantum oscillations in the Peltier coefficient. For these new experiments the authors have used a quantum point contact as a miniature thermometer.