{
  "id": "0810.1308",
  "version": "v2",
  "published": "2008-10-07T21:58:46.000Z",
  "updated": "2010-07-31T06:36:39.000Z",
  "title": "Non-equilibrium Tunneling Spectroscopy in Carbon Nanotubes",
  "authors": [
    "Yung-Fu Chen",
    "Travis Dirks",
    "Gassem Al-Zoubi",
    "Norman Birge",
    "Nadya Mason"
  ],
  "journal": "Phys. Rev. Lett. 102, 036804 (2009)",
  "doi": "10.1103/PhysRevLett.102.036804",
  "categories": [
    "cond-mat.mes-hall",
    "cond-mat.str-el"
  ],
  "abstract": "We report measurements of the non-equilibrium electron energy distribution in carbon nanotubes. Using tunneling spectroscopy via a superconducting probe, we study the shape of the local electron distribution functions, and hence energy relaxation rates, in nanotubes that have bias voltages applied between their ends. At low temperatures, electrons interact weakly in nanotubes of a few microns channel length, independent of end-to-end conductance values. Surprisingly, the energy relaxation rate can increase substantially when the temperature is raised to only 1.5 K.",
  "revisions": [
    {
      "version": "v2",
      "updated": "2010-07-31T06:36:39.000Z"
    }
  ],
  "analyses": {
    "subjects": [
      "73.63.Fg",
      "71.10.-w",
      "73.40.Gk"
    ],
    "keywords": [
      "non-equilibrium tunneling spectroscopy",
      "carbon nanotubes",
      "energy relaxation rate",
      "local electron distribution functions",
      "non-equilibrium electron energy distribution"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "journal article"
    ],
    "publication": {
      "publisher": "APS",
      "journal": "Physical Review Letters",
      "year": 2009,
      "month": "Jan",
      "volume": 102,
      "number": 3,
      "pages": "036804"
    },
    "note": {
      "typesetting": "TeX",
      "pages": 0,
      "language": "en",
      "license": "arXiv",
      "status": "editable",
      "adsabs": "2009PhRvL.102c6804C"
    }
  }
}