Quantum dot as thermal rectifier
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
2009-11-13 v1
Abstract
We report the observation of thermal rectification in a semiconductor quantum dot, as inferred from the asymmetric line shape of the thermopower oscillations. The asymmetry is observed at high in-plane magnetic fields and caused by the presence of a high orbital momentum state in the dot.
Cite
@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0703514,
title = {Quantum dot as thermal rectifier},
author = {R. Scheibner and M. Koenig and D. Reuter and A. D. Wieck and H. Buhmann and L. W. Molenkamp},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0703514},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
4 pages, 4 figures