Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2001-08-01
Phys. Rev. Lett. v. 88, pp. 016801 (2002)
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
5 pages, 4 figures. Discussion corrected and a few references added
Scientific paper
10.1103/PhysRevLett.88.016801
The cooling of two-dimensional electrons in silicon-metal-oxide semiconductor field effect transistors is studied experimentally. Cooling to the lattice is found to be more effective than expected from the bulk electron-phonon coupling in silicon. Unexpectedly, the extracted heat transfer rate to phonons at low temperatures depends cubically on electron temperature, suggesting that piezoelectric coupling (absent in bulk silicon) dominates over deformation potential. According to our findings, at 100 mK, electrons farther than 0.1 mm from the contacts are mostly cooled by phonons. Using long devices and low excitation voltage we measure electron resistivity down to 100 mK and find that some of the "metallic" curves, reported earlier, turn insulating below about 300 mK. This finding renders the definition of the claimed 2D metal-insulator transition questionable. Previous low temperature measurements in silicon devices are analyzed and thumb rules for evaluating their electron temperatures are provided.
Prus Oleg
Pudalov V.
Reznikov M.
Sivan Uri
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