Thermopower with broken time-reversal symmetry

Keiji Saito; Giuliano Benenti; Giulio Casati; Tomaž Prosen

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.84.201306

Thermopower with broken time-reversal symmetry

Keiji Saito, Giuliano Benenti, Giulio Casati, Tomaž Prosen

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Abstract

We show that when inelastic scattering effects are taken into account, the thermopower is, in general, asymmetric under magnetic field reversal, even for noninteracting systems. Our findings are illustrated in the example of a three-dot ring structure pierced by an Aharonov-Bohm flux.

Original language	English
Article number	201306
Journal	Physical Review B - Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume	84
Issue number	20
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevB.84.201306
Publication status	Published - 2011 Nov 14
Externally published	Yes

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Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
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