arxiv: cond-mat/0703514 · v1 · submitted 2007-03-20 · ❄️ cond-mat.mes-hall

Quantum dot as thermal rectifier

R. Scheibner (1) , M. Koenig (1) , D. Reuter (2) , A.D. Wieck (2) , H. Buhmann (1) , L.W. Molenkamp (1) ((1)Physikalisches Institut (EP3) , Universitaet Wuerzburg , Germany; (2)Lehrstuhl fuer Angewandte Festkoerperphysik

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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.

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