Clark, A.
, Williams, A.
, Ruggiero, S.
, van, M.
and Ullom, J.
(2004),
Practical electron-tunneling refrigerator, Science, [online], https://doi.org/10.1063/1.1644326
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Practical electron-tunneling refrigerator
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Abstract
We demonstrate a thin-film, solid-state refrigerator based on the removal of hot electrons from a metal by quantum-mechanical tunneling. We have halved the electronic temperature in a macroscopic film from 260 mK to near 130 mK. Both the cooling power and temperature reduction of this refrigerator are well matched to cooling thin-film photon sensors. This advance was made possible by a new device design that removes the work of refrigeration more efficiently than previous efforts. Our refrigerator may make high-performance cryogenic sensors more accessible to the astronomical and analytical communities.Citation
Science
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84
Issue
4
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Keywords
tunneling, NIS junction, quantum refrigerator
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Created January 21, 2004, Updated November 10, 2018