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The Thermoelectric Power in InSb in the Presence of an External Magnetic Field
Author(s) -
Byszewski P.,
Kołodziejczak J.,
Zukotyński S.
Publication year - 1963
Publication title -
physica status solidi (b)
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 109
eISSN - 1521-3951
pISSN - 0370-1972
DOI - 10.1002/pssb.19630031014
Subject(s) - indium antimonide , condensed matter physics , seebeck coefficient , saturation (graph theory) , thermoelectric effect , scattering , magnetic field , materials science , thermal conduction , carrier scattering , effective mass (spring–mass system) , impurity , physics , optics , thermodynamics , mathematics , combinatorics , quantum mechanics , composite material
The thermoelectric power of n‐type indium antimonide is measured as a function of magnetic field up to 20 kOe. Saturation of the thermoelectric power is observed at high fields. The dependence of the electronic effective mass on the carrier concentration is derived from this experimental data. It is found that this dependence is in very good agreement with the non‐parabolic model of the conduction band. An analysis of the scattering processes indicates that optical mode and ionized impurity scattering are dominant at room temperature.