Nonadiabatic electron heat pump
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2007-09-06 v4
Abstract
We investigate a mechanism for extracting heat from metallic conductors based on the energy-selective transmission of electrons through a spatially asymmetric resonant structure subject to ac driving. This quantum refrigerator can operate at zero net electronic current as it replaces hot by cold electrons through two energetically symmetric inelastic channels. We present numerical results for a specific heterostructure and discuss general trends. We also explore the conditions under which the cooling rate may approach the ultimate limit given by the quantum of cooling power.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0610155,
title = {Nonadiabatic electron heat pump},
author = {Miguel Rey and Michael Strass and Sigmund Kohler and Peter Hänggi and Fernando Sols},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0610155},
year = {2007}
}
Comments
4 pages, 3 figures; published version, typos corrected