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Out-of-equilibrium heating of electron liquid: fermionic and bosonic temperatures

Strongly Correlated Electrons 2015-03-17 v2

Abstract

We investigate out-of-the equilibrium properties of the electron liquid in a two-dimensional disordered superconductor subject to the electric bias and temperature gradient. We calculate kinetic coefficients and Nyquist noise, and find that they are characterized by distinct effective temperatures: TeT_{\mathrm{e}}, characterizing single-particle excitations, TCpT_{\mathrm{Cp}}, describing the Cooper pairs, and TehT_{\mathrm{eh}}, corresponding to electron-hole or dipole excitations. Tuning the ratio between the electric jj and thermal jthj_{\mathrm{th}} currents and the boundary conditions one can heat different kind of excitations and control their corresponding temperatures. We propose the experimental setting for determining these effective temperatures.

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@article{arxiv.1005.4716,
  title  = {Out-of-equilibrium heating of electron liquid: fermionic and bosonic temperatures},
  author = {A. Petković and N. M. Chtchelkatchev and T. I. Baturina and V. M. Vinokur},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1005.4716},
  year   = {2015}
}

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4 pages, 1 figure