Publications - Power Generators and Thermionic Cooling

"A "2-omega" technique for measuring anisotropy of thermal conductivity"
A. T. Ramu and J. E. Bowers, Review of Scientific Instruments, 83, 124903, December 13, (2012)

Ramu_and_Bowers_RSI_expt_anisotropy_bulk_materials.pdf
"The impact of commonly used approximations on the computation of the Seebeck coefficient and mobility of polar semiconductors"
A. T. Ramu and J. E. Bowers, Applied Physics Letters, 101, 173905, October 24, (2012)

Ramu_and_Bowers_APL_Seebeck_computation_approximations.pdf
"Measurement of the high-temperature Seebeck coefficient of thin films by means of an epitaxially regrown thermometric reference material"
A. T. Ramu, P. Mages, C. Zhang, J. T. Imamura, and J. E. Bowers, Review of Scientific Instruments, 83, 093905, September 27, (2012)

Ramu_et_al_Rev_Sci_Instrum_Seebeck_Coeff_Metrology.pdf
"Analysis of the “3-Omega” method for substrates and thick films of anisotropic thermal conductivity"
A. T. Ramu, and J. E. Bowers, Journal of Applied Physics, 112, 043516 (2012), August 30, (2012)

Anisotropy_JAP_published.pdf
"Incompatibility of standard III-V semiconductor processing techniques with terbium doped InGaAs of high terbium concentration"
A. T. Ramu, L. E. Clinger, P. B. Dongmo, J. T. Imamura, J. M. O. Zide, J. E. Bowers, Journal of Vacuum Science and Technology A, June 1, (2012)

Ramu_et_al_JVSTA_30_031508_2012.pdf
"Thermoelectric transport in InGaAs with high concentration of rare-earth TbAs embedded nanoparticles"
E. Selezneva, L. E. Clinger, A. T. Ramu, G. Pernot, T. E. Buehl, T. Favaloro, J. -H. Bahk, Z. Bian, J. E. Bowers, J. M. O. Zide, A. Shakouri, Journal of Electronic Materials, April 4, (2012)

Selezneva_JEM_2012_accepted.pdf
"Highly Ordered Vertical Silicon Nanowire Array Composite Thin Films for Thermoelectric Devices"
B. M. Curtin, E. W. Fang, J. E. Bowers, Journal of Electronic Materials, Online First, February 10, (2012)

jem_2012.pdf
"Thermoelectric Properties of Silicon Nanowire Array and Spin-on Glass Composites Fabricated with CMOS-compatible Techniques"
B. M. Curtin, J. E. Bowers, 2011 MRS Fall Meeting Proceedings, Vol. 1408, February 7, (2012)

mrs_bb_2012.pdf
"Modeling and Characterization of III-V Compound Semiconductors, Alloys and Nanocomposites for Thermoelectric Applications"
A. T. Ramu, U.C. Santa Barbara, March 18, (2011)

Ashok_Ramu_Doctoral_Dissertation_Formatted_for_Filing.pdf
"Electrical properties of Er-doped In0.53Ga0.47As"
P. G. Burke, H. Lu, N. G. Rudawski, A. C. Gossard, J.-H. Bahk, and J. E. Bowers, J. Vac. Sci. Technol. B, 29, 03C117-1, March 2, (2011)

Burke_Bahk_JVTBD929303C117_1.pdf