Spin and charge thermopower of resonant tunneling diodes
arXiv:1403.0484 · doi:10.1063/1.4868722
Abstract
We investigate thermoelectric effects in quantum well systems. Using the scattering approach for coherent conductors, we calculate the thermocurrent and thermopower both in the spin-degenerate case and in the presence of giant Zeeman splitting due to magnetic interactions in the quantum well. We find that the thermoelectric current at linear response is maximal when the well level is aligned with the Fermi energy and is robust against thermal variations. Furthermore, our results show a spin voltage generation in response to the applied thermal bias, giving rise to large spin Seebeck effects tunable with external magnetic fields, quantum well tailoring and background temperature.
arXiv comment4 pages, 3 figures; to appear in Appl. Phys. Lett
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