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Berry Curvature Induced Spin Nernst and Thermal Edelstein Effects in Proximity Superconductors

Superconductivity 2025-08-25 v2

Abstract

We propose two thermo-spintronic responses in proximity induced superconductors with spin-orbit coupled band - spin Nernst effect and thermal Edelstein effect stemming respectively from momentum-space and mixed superconducting Berry curvatures. We unveil that the Bloch band spin-orbit coupling and pairing are entangled in shaping the superconducting Berry curvatures rather than in an additive manner. The resulting thermo-spintronic responses are significantly enhanced at low temperatures by the emergence of Bogoliubov Fermi surface, and can be effectively controlled by tuning the latter. The effects render a probe of Bogoliubov Fermi surface and superconducting Berry curvatures supported by it. Our work reveals Berry curvature properties in topologically trivial proximity superconductors with spin-orbit coupling, and opens a new route to superconducting spintronics.

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@article{arxiv.2412.08451,
  title  = {Berry Curvature Induced Spin Nernst and Thermal Edelstein Effects in Proximity Superconductors},
  author = {Zhen-Cheng Liao and Cong Xiao and Zhi Wang and Qian Niu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2412.08451},
  year   = {2025}
}

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9 pages, 4 figures