A cascade electronic refrigerator using superconducting tunnel junctions
arXiv:1605.00830 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevApplied.6.054011
Abstract
Micro-refrigerators that operate in the sub-kelvin regime are a key device in quantum technology. A well-studied candidate, an electronic cooler using Normal metal - Insulator - Superconductor (NIS) tunnel junctions offers substantial performance and power. However, its superconducting electrodes are severely overheated due to exponential suppression of their thermal conductance towards low temperatures, and the cooler performs unsatisfactorily - especially in powerful devices needed for practical applications. We employ a second NIS cooling stage to thermalize the hot superconductor at the backside of the main NIS cooler. Not only providing a lower bath temperature, the second stage cooler actively evacuates quasiparticles out of the hot superconductor, especially in the low temperature limit. The NIS cooler approaches its ideal theoretical expectations without compromising cooling power. This cascade design can also be employed to manage excess heat in other cryo-electronic devices.
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