Electron-avalanche amplifier based on the electronic Venturi effect

Details Electron-avalanche amplifier based on the electronic Venturi effect Electron-avalanche amplifier based on the electronic Venturi effect

2010-01-28

arxiv.org/abs/1001.5201v4

Physical Review B 82, 161416(R) (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

4 pages, 4 figures

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.82.161416

Scattering of otherwise ballistic electrons far from equilibrium is investigated in a cold two-dimensional electron system. The interaction between excited electrons and the degenerate Fermi liquid induces a positive charge in a nanoscale region which would be negatively charged for diffusive transport at local thermal equilibrium. In a three-terminal device we observe avalanche amplification of electrical current, resulting in a situation comparable to the Venturi effect in hydrodynamics. Numerical calculations using a random phase approximation are in agreement with our data and suggest Coulomb interaction as the dominant scattering mechanism.

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