Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2011-11-10
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
It is well known that the transport properties of single-electron transistors with a superconducting island and normal-conducting leads (NSN SET) may depend on whether or not there is a single quasiparticle on the island. This parity effect has pronounced consequences for the linear transport properties. Here we analyze the thermopower of NSN SET with and without parity effect, for entirely realistic values of device parameters. Besides a marked dependence of the thermopower on the superconducting gap $\Delta$ we observe an enhancement in the parity regime which is accompanied by a dramatic increase of the thermoelectric figure of merit ZT. The latter can be explained within a simple re-interpretation of ZT in terms of averages and variances of transport energies.
Eltschka Christopher
Siewert Jens
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