Anomalous electronic heat capacity of copper nanowires at sub-kelvin temperatures

Abstract

We have measured the electronic heat capacity of thin film nanowires of copper and silver at temperatures 0.1 - 0.3 K; the films were deposited by standard electron-beam evaporation. The specific heat of the Ag films of sub-100 nm thickness agrees with the bulk value and the free-electron estimate, whereas that of similar Cu films exceeds the corresponding reference values by one order of magnitude. The origin of the anomalously high heat capacity of copper films remains unknown for the moment. Based on the low heat capacity and the possibility to devise a tunnel probe thermometer on it, the Ag films form a promising absorber material, e.g., for micro-wave photon calorimetry.

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