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Illustration: University of California, Santa Barbara But the new geometry also allows for further improvements by positioning the gate even closer to the electron gas, giving it better control.
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2020
HEMTs have a layered semiconductor structure that creates a super-narrow region of free electrons, called a two-dimensional electron gas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
When the device is on (when 6 V are applied to the gate), electrons flow from the drain to the source in a flat region called a two-dimensional electron gas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2023
Using an approach proposed four years ago, physicists sent an electron gas through a teeny-tiny particle collider to tease out weird behaviors — especially fractional electric charges — that only arise if anyons are around.
—Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2020
Quantum fluctuations may cause that solid to sublime, producing materials in which the electrons move freely — a kind of electron gas.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Feb. 2017
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IEEE Spectrum, 24 Sep. 2020
HEMTs have a layered semiconductor structure that creates a super-narrow region of free electrons, called a two-dimensional electron gas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 8 Mar. 2023
When the device is on (when 6 V are applied to the gate), electrons flow from the drain to the source in a flat region called a two-dimensional electron gas.
—IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2023
Using an approach proposed four years ago, physicists sent an electron gas through a teeny-tiny particle collider to tease out weird behaviors — especially fractional electric charges — that only arise if anyons are around.
—Stephen Ornes, Discover Magazine, 12 Dec. 2020
Quantum fluctuations may cause that solid to sublime, producing materials in which the electrons move freely — a kind of electron gas.
—Quanta Magazine, 28 Feb. 2017
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“Electron gas.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/electron%20gas. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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