Thermopower with broken time-reversal symmetry

被引：73

作者：

Saito, Keiji ^{[1
]}

Benenti, Giuliano ^{[2
,3
,4
]}

Casati, Giulio ^{[2
,3
,4
,5
]}

Prosen, Tomaz ^{[6
]}

机构：

[1] Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Sci, Dept Phys, Tokyo 1130033, Japan

[2] Univ Insubria, CNISM, CNR INFM, I-22100 Como, Italy

[3] Univ Insubria, Ctr Nonlinear & Complex Syst, I-22100 Como, Italy

[4] Ist Nazl Fis Nucl, Sez Milano, I-20133 Milan, Italy

[5] Natl Univ Singapore, Ctr Quantum Technol, Singapore 117543, Singapore

[6] Univ Ljubljana, Dept Phys, Fac Math & Phys, Ljubljana 61000, Slovenia

来源：

PHYSICAL REVIEW B | 2011年 / 84卷 / 20期

关键词：

ANDREEV INTERFEROMETERS; COHERENT;

D O I：

10.1103/PhysRevB.84.201306

中图分类号：

T [工业技术];

学科分类号：

08 ;

摘要：

We show that when inelastic scattering effects are taken into account, the thermopower is, in general, asymmetric under magnetic field reversal, even for noninteracting systems. Our findings are illustrated in the example of a three-dot ring structure pierced by an Aharonov-Bohm flux.

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