Observation of universal thermopower fluctuations
- 23 April 1990
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 64 (17) , 2058-2061
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.64.2058
Abstract
We have measured the thermopower of small -GaAs wires using a novel electron heating technique. The results show very large fluctuations which are in good agreement with existing theories. We believe this to be the first observation of universal thermopower fluctuations.
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