Abstract
In layered structures a longitudinal temperature gradient or a transverse electric current in a longitudinal magnetic field can give rise to internal currents. Due to the Peltier effect, these currents give a convective contribution to the thermal conductivity or produce a temperature gradient in the direction normal both to the current and to the magnetic field (in the geometry of the Ettingshausen effect). Circular currents in the coordinate-energy space can arise in quantum wells due to different responses of carriers of different subbands to a longitudinal temperature gradient.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 59-62 |
Number of pages | 4 |
Journal | Superlattices and Microstructures |
Volume | 10 |
Issue number | 1 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 1991 |