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Auteurs principaux: Balduque, José, Sánchez, Rafael
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Publié: 2024
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author Balduque, José
Sánchez, Rafael
author_facet Balduque, José
Sánchez, Rafael
contents We investigate the minimal requirements that induce a nonreciprocal response to temperature differences in a mesoscopic electronic conductor. We identify two distinct mechanisms involved in electron-electron interactions, namely inelastic scattering and screening, that locally affect the internal properties of the device, leading to thermal and thermoelectric rectification effects in the absence of inversion symmetry. We propose resonant tunneling samples to efficiently exploit these effects, and find configurations acting as bipolar thermoelectric diodes whose current flows in the same direction irrespective of the sign of the temperature difference, a case of antireciprocity.
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spellingShingle Scattering theory of thermal and bipolar thermoelectric diodes
Balduque, José
Sánchez, Rafael
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
We investigate the minimal requirements that induce a nonreciprocal response to temperature differences in a mesoscopic electronic conductor. We identify two distinct mechanisms involved in electron-electron interactions, namely inelastic scattering and screening, that locally affect the internal properties of the device, leading to thermal and thermoelectric rectification effects in the absence of inversion symmetry. We propose resonant tunneling samples to efficiently exploit these effects, and find configurations acting as bipolar thermoelectric diodes whose current flows in the same direction irrespective of the sign of the temperature difference, a case of antireciprocity.
title Scattering theory of thermal and bipolar thermoelectric diodes
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.14167