Thermoelectric effect in superconducting nanostructures
arXiv:cond-mat/0504116 · doi:10.1140/epjb/e2006-00218-6
Abstract
We study thermoelectric effects in superconducting nanobridges and demonstrate that the magnitude of these effects can be comparable or even larger than that for a macroscopic superconducting circuit. The reason is related to a possibility to have very large gradients of electron temperature within the nanobridge. The corresponding heat conductivity problems are considered. It is shown that the nanoscale devices allow one to get rid of masking effects related to spurious magnetic fields.
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