Abstract
Miniature aluminium gallium arsenide/gallium arsenide (AlGaAs/GaAs) coolers were fabricated on wafer, enabling different contact geometries to be realized in the same process run. To individually DC bias the microcooler, microprobes were used leading to thermal loading of the cooler. A simple experimental technique was developed to verify the temperature difference (Delta T) between the cold cathode and hot anode contacts is due to cooling rather than heating of the cooler. (C) 2014 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2699-2700 |
Number of pages | 2 |
Journal | Microwave and Optical Technology Letters |
Volume | 56 |
Issue number | 11 |
Early online date | 27 Aug 2014 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - Nov 2014 |
Bibliographical note
ACKNOWLEDGMENTThis work was supported by EPSRC through grants EP/H011366/1, EP/H011862/1, EP/H012532/1, and EP/H012966/1.
Keywords
- electrothermal microcooler
- GaAs
- IR thermography
- superlattice microcoolers