Quantum dot as thermal rectifier
By R. Scheibner, M. Koenig, D. Reuter, A. Wieck, H. Buhmann, L. W. M. P. Institut, U. Wuerzburg, Germany Lehrstuhl fuer Angewandte Festkoerperphysik, Ruhr-Universitát Bochum, Germany. 2007
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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.
Subfields: Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics, Civil and Structural Engineering
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- Energy dissipation and transport in nanoscale devices (2010, unknown): “[146] Scheibner, R.”
- A review of thermal rectification observations and models in solid materials (2011, background): “showed thermally rectifying behavior in quantum dots when high in-plane magnetic fields are present as a result of the presence of a high orbital momentum state in the dot [93].”
- Colloquium : Quantum heat transport in condensed matter systems (2021, background): “There exist a few experiments on heat current rectification, e.g. on phonons in carbon nanotubes (Chang et al., 2006), and electrons in quantum dots (Scheibner et al., 2008), mesoscopic tunnel junctions (Mart́ınez-Pérez et al., 2015) and suspended graphene (Wang et al., 2017).”