Shot noise thermometry with carbon nanotubes

Author

Sayer, Robert A. ; Fisher, Timothy S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Mech. Eng. & Birck Nanotechnol. Center, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette, IN

fYear

2008

fDate

28-31 May 2008

Firstpage

931

Lastpage

936

Abstract

A carbon nanotube (CNT) thermometer is reported that operates on the principles of electrical shot noise. Shot noise thermometry is a self calibrating measurement technique that relates statistical fluctuations in dc current across a device to temperature. A self-heating shot noise model has been developed and applied to experimental data to determine the thermal resistance of a CNT device consisting of an array of vertical CNTs supported in a porous anodic alumina template. The thermal resistance is found to be 1.5 *10⁸ K/W.

Keywords

carbon nanotubes; noise; resistance thermometers; statistical analysis; thermal resistance; C; CNT thermometer; carbon nanotubes; electrical shot noise; porous anodic alumina template; self-heating shot noise model; shot noise thermometry; statistical fluctuations; thermal resistance; Carbon nanotubes; Electric resistance; Electrical resistance measurement; Electrons; Temperature measurement; Temperature sensors; Thermal conductivity; Thermal engineering; Thermal resistance; Transducers; carbon nanotubes; electrical noise; shot noise; thermal resistance; thermometry;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Thermal and Thermomechanical Phenomena in Electronic Systems, 2008. ITHERM 2008. 11th Intersociety Conference on

Conference_Location

Orlando, FL

ISSN

1087-9870

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-1700-1

Electronic_ISBN

1087-9870

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ITHERM.2008.4544367

Filename

4544367