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The superconducting diode effect refers to an asymmetry in the critical supercurrent $J_c(\hat{n})$ along opposite directions, $J_c(\hat{n})\neq J_c(-\hat{n})$. While the basic symmetry requirements for this effect are known, it is, for…

Superconductivity · Physics 2024-01-24 Sayan Banerjee , Mathias S. Scheurer

We investigate the nonlinear regime of charge and energy transport through Coulomb-blockaded quantum dots. We discuss crossed effects that arise when electrons move in response to thermal gradients (Seebeck effect) or energy flows in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-09-30 Miguel A. Sierra , David Sanchez

In this article we review the thermoelectric properties of three terminal devices with Coulomb coupled quantum dots (QDs) as observed in recent experiments [1,2]. The system we consider consists of two Coulomb-blockade QDs one of which can…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2016-11-17 Holger Thierschmann , Rafael Sánchez , Björn Sothmann , Hartmut Buhmann , Laurens W. Molenkamp

Thermal transmission in a molecular transistor with fully spin-polarized electrodes subjected to a temperature gradient is considered. The problem has been solved by using density matrix method in perturbation approach over small tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-12 A. D. Shkop

We study the thermopower of a quantum dot weakly coupled to two reservoirs by tunnel junctions. At low temperatures the transport through the dot is suppressed by charging effects (Coulomb blockade). As a result the thermopower shows an…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 M. Turek , K. A. Matveev

We study the effects of the coupling between magnetization dynamics and the electronic degrees of freedom in a heterostructure of a metallic nanomagnet with dynamic magnetization coupled with a superconductor containing a steady…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-09-18 Risto Ojajärvi , Juuso Manninen , Tero T. Heikkilä , Pauli Virtanen

We introduce a solvable model of a nonlinear double-barrier structure, described by a generalized effective-mass equation with a nonlinear coupling term. This model is interesting in its own right for possible new applications, as well as…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2007-05-23 E. Diez , A. Sanchez , F. Dominguez-Adame

We study nonlocal thermoelectricity in a superconducting wire subject to spin-orbit coupling and a magnetic field with a relative orientation $\theta$ between them. We calculate the current flowing in a normal probe attached to the bulk of…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-19 Juan Herrera Mateos , Leandro Tosi , Alessandro Braggio , Fabio Taddei , Liliana Arrachea

Nonlinear heat transfer can be exploited to reveal novel transport phenomena and thus enhance peo-ple's ability to manipulate heat flux at will. However, there hasn't been a mature discipline called nonlinear thermotics like its counterpart…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-10-04 Gaole Dai

Based on experimental results and our previous theoretical work, a microscopic theory of high temperature superconductivity is conjectured. In this conjecture, superconducting and antiferromagnetic long-range orders are driven by interlayer…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2007-05-23 Bumsoo Kyung

We study the conductance of a junction between the normal and superconducting segments of a nanowire, both of which are subjected to spin-orbit coupling and an external magnetic field. We directly compare the transport properties of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2017-06-01 Christopher Reeg , Dmitrii L. Maslov

The effect of a thermal environment on electron (or hole) transfer through molecular bridges and on the electron conduction properties of such bridges is studied. Our steady state formalism based on an extension of the Redfield theory (D.…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2009-11-07 Dvira Segal , Abraham Nitzan

An important route of engineering topological states and excitations is to combine superconductors (SC) with the quantum Hall (QH) effect, and over the past decade, significant progress has been made in this direction. While typical…

Superconductors with low superfluid density can be described by XY models. In such models the scale of the transition temperature T_c is largely set by the zero temperature phase stiffness (helicity modulus), a long-wavelength property of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-05-23 Y. L. Loh , E. W. Carlson

We study nonequilibrium thermoelectric transport properties of a correlated impurity connected to two leads for temperatures below the Kondo scale. At finite bias, for which a current flows across the leads, we investigate the differential…

Strongly Correlated Electrons · Physics 2017-03-21 Antonius Dorda , Martin Ganahl , Sabine Andergassen , Wolfgang von der Linden , Enrico Arrigoni

The significance of the superconducting diode effect lies in its potential application as a fundamental component in the development of next-generation superconducting circuit technology. The stringent operating conditions at low…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-02-27 Yiwen Zhang , Jiliang Cai , Peng Dong , Jiadian He , Yifan Ding , Jinghui Wang , Xiang Zhou , Kecheng Cao , Yueshen Wu , Jun Li

We will study a class of system composed of interacting unicyclic machines placed in contact with a hot and cold thermal baths subjected to a non-conservative driving worksource. Despite their simplicity, these models showcase an intricate…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2023-10-19 Iago N. Mamede , Karel Proesmans , Carlos E. Fiore

We study the thermodynamics of two-stroke heat engines where two bosonic modes $a$ and $b$ are coupled by the general nonlinear interaction $V_{\theta} = \exp {(\theta a^{\dagger n}b^m -\theta^* a^n b^{\dagger m})}$. By adopting the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-05-21 Giovanni Chesi , Chiara Macchiavello , Massimiliano Federico Sacchi

The methods of non-equilibrium thermodynamics of systems with an interface have been applied to the study of transport processes in semiconductor junctions. A complete phenomenological model for drift-diffusion processes in a junction has…

Condensed Matter · Physics 2015-06-25 Gabriel Gomila , Miguel Rubi

We theoretically study how one can control and enhance nonlinear thermoelectricity by regulating quantum coherence in nanostructures such as a quantum dot system or a single-molecule junction. In nanostructures, the typical temperature…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2020-03-11 Nobuhiko Taniguchi