Microwave-driven Floquet-Fano interference in a ring-chord quantum dot structure for enhanced spin-caloritronic performance

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Autori principali: Senapati, Parbati, Pradhan, Kalpataru
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author Senapati, Parbati
Pradhan, Kalpataru
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Pradhan, Kalpataru
contents We investigate photon-assisted thermoelectric transport in four--quantum-dot nanostructures featuring ring and ring--chord geometries coupled to ferromagnetic leads. Focusing on the interplay between microwave-induced Floquet sidebands and geometry-driven Fano interference, we employ the nonequilibrium Green's function formalism combined with Floquet theory and a self-consistent Hartree treatment of electron-electron interactions within the linear response regime. The inclusion of a longitudinal interdot chord bridging the lead-coupled dots introduces a discrete interference pathway that competes with the continuum of ring-mediated states, giving rise to pronounced Fano resonances. Microwave irradiation dynamically reshapes these resonances through photon absorption and emission processes, enabling tunable control of electrical conductance, thermopower, and electronic thermal conductance. Quantitatively, at an intermediate temperature of $T=0.3Γ_0$ (where $Γ_0$ denotes the dot-lead coupling strength), the microwave-driven ring-chord geometry exhibits an exceptional thermoelectric figure of merit of ZT $\approx$ 12 and an optimal efficiency--power trade-off, reaching nearly $62\%$ of the Carnot efficiency with an output power of $6.24~\mathrm{fW}$. Crucially, the combination of spin-polarized injection from the leads and Zeeman splitting within the dots induces a robust spin-dependence within this Floquet--Fano interference. This cooperative interplay results in an enhanced spin Seebeck response and a maximum spin thermoelectric figure of merit of nearly $Z_sT \approx 18$. Our findings establish microwave-driven engineering of Fano interference as an effective strategy for modulating spin-caloritronic behavior in multi-quantum-dot devices.
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spellingShingle Microwave-driven Floquet-Fano interference in a ring-chord quantum dot structure for enhanced spin-caloritronic performance
Senapati, Parbati
Pradhan, Kalpataru
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
We investigate photon-assisted thermoelectric transport in four--quantum-dot nanostructures featuring ring and ring--chord geometries coupled to ferromagnetic leads. Focusing on the interplay between microwave-induced Floquet sidebands and geometry-driven Fano interference, we employ the nonequilibrium Green's function formalism combined with Floquet theory and a self-consistent Hartree treatment of electron-electron interactions within the linear response regime. The inclusion of a longitudinal interdot chord bridging the lead-coupled dots introduces a discrete interference pathway that competes with the continuum of ring-mediated states, giving rise to pronounced Fano resonances. Microwave irradiation dynamically reshapes these resonances through photon absorption and emission processes, enabling tunable control of electrical conductance, thermopower, and electronic thermal conductance. Quantitatively, at an intermediate temperature of $T=0.3Γ_0$ (where $Γ_0$ denotes the dot-lead coupling strength), the microwave-driven ring-chord geometry exhibits an exceptional thermoelectric figure of merit of ZT $\approx$ 12 and an optimal efficiency--power trade-off, reaching nearly $62\%$ of the Carnot efficiency with an output power of $6.24~\mathrm{fW}$. Crucially, the combination of spin-polarized injection from the leads and Zeeman splitting within the dots induces a robust spin-dependence within this Floquet--Fano interference. This cooperative interplay results in an enhanced spin Seebeck response and a maximum spin thermoelectric figure of merit of nearly $Z_sT \approx 18$. Our findings establish microwave-driven engineering of Fano interference as an effective strategy for modulating spin-caloritronic behavior in multi-quantum-dot devices.
title Microwave-driven Floquet-Fano interference in a ring-chord quantum dot structure for enhanced spin-caloritronic performance
topic Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Strongly Correlated Electrons
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.27181