Coherent Thermoelectric Effects in Mesoscopic Andreev Interferometers

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2009-10-15

arxiv.org/abs/0910.2943v1

Europhys. Lett. 91, 67009 (2010)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Superconductivity

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We investigate thermoelectric transport through Andreev interferometers. We show that the ratio of the thermal and the charge conductance exhibits large oscillations with the phase difference $\phi$ between the two superconducting contacts, and that the Wiedemann-Franz law holds only when $\phi=\pi$. A large average thermopower furthermore emerges whenever there is an asymmetry in the dwell times to reach the superconducting contacts. When this is the case, the thermopower is odd in $\phi$. In contrast, when the average times to reach either superconducting contact are the same, the average thermopower is zero, however mesoscopic effects (analogous to universal conductance fluctuations) lead to a sample-dependent thermopower which is systematically even in $\phi$.

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