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Release of the Joule heat upon passage of the electric current in nanostructures (a review)

V. L. Gurevich, M. I. Muradov

Ioffe Institute, St. Petersburg

Abstract: The generation of the Joule heat upon collisionless passage of the direct and alternating electric currents in semiconductor quantum wires connecting two classical reservoirs has been discussed. The transverse dimension of the quantum wire is of the order of the de Broglie wavelength of conduction electrons. The spatial distribution of the Joule heat has been considered. The heat is released in the reservoirs at a distance of the electron mean free path. The total production of the Joule heat has been found to be identical in both reservoirs.

Received: 11.08.2011

 English version: Physics of the Solid State, 2012, 54:4, 663–681

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