Excess heat capacity in NTD Ge thermistors
Year: 2006
Authors: Olivieri E., Barucci M., Beeman J., Risegari L., Ventura G.
Autors Affiliation: Department of Physics, University of Florence, INFN, Florence, Italy; Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, University of California, Berkeley, CA, United States; Department of Mechanics, University of Florence, INFN, Florence, Italy
Abstract: Neutron Transmutation Doped (NTD) germanium thermistors, cut from metallized wafers, are useful in bolometry. The rise time of a bolometer depends on its heat capacity. We report measurements on the heat capacity of two NTD Ge wafers down to 24 mK temperatures. Both wafers were neutron irradiated and annealed, one of them had in addition undergone a boron implantation and metallization process. For the non-metallized wafer we found a Sommerfeld constant ? = 7.52 · 10-7 J K-2 cm-3. A comparison between the two wafers showed an excess heat capacity in the metallized wafer. For example, at 24 mK temperature, the specific heat of the metallized afer is more than twice the value of the non-metallized one.
Journal/Review: JOURNAL OF LOW TEMPERATURE PHYSICS
Volume: 143 (3-4) Pages from: 153 to: 162
KeyWords: Bolometers; Cryogenics; Neutrons; Semiconducting germanium; Specific heat; Thermal variables measurement, Bolometry; Germanium thermistors; Metallized wafers; Neutron transmutation doped (NTD), ThermistorsDOI: 10.1007/s10909-006-9214-8ImpactFactor: 0.978Citations: 9data from “WEB OF SCIENCE” (of Thomson Reuters) are update at: 2024-12-01References taken from IsiWeb of Knowledge: (subscribers only)Connecting to view paper tab on IsiWeb: Click hereConnecting to view citations from IsiWeb: Click here