Three-terminal quantum-dot thermoelectrics
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1 Three-terminal quantum-dot thermoelectrics Björn Sothmann Université de Genève Collaborators: R. Sánchez, A. N. Jordan, M. Büttiker
2 Outline Introduction Quantum dots and Coulomb blockade Quantum dots and Thermoelectrics Three-terminal thermoelectrics Coulomb-coupled conductors Coulomb-blockade regime Chaotic cavities Resonant tunneling Harvesting bosons Phonons Magnons Microwave photons Summary
3 Introduction
4 Quantum dots Confine electrons in all three spatial directions, quasi 0-dimensional Artificial atom V L Left lead Island Right lead V R V g Characteristic energy scales Charging energy E ch = E C (N C g V g /e) 2, E C = e2 2C Level quantization ε Tunnel couplings Γ = 2π t 2 ρ
5 Coulomb blockade E ch G N N +1 V g N N +1 V g Charging energy E ch = e2 2C (N C gv g /e) 2 Charge fixed away from degeneracy points Transport only at degeneracy points Coulomb oscillations
6 Energy quantization and level scheme Cobden and Nygård, PRL 2002 Finite level spacing in small quantum dots E N = E ch + N i=1 ε i Addition energy = 2E C + ε ε k B T,eV : many levels involved metallic island ε k B T,eV : only single level quantum dot
7 Transport regimes Sequential tunneling Tunneling of single electron First order in Γ Real occupation of the dot Energy conservation Dominant on resonance k B T Γ, ε or ev Γ, ε
8 Transport regimes Cotunneling Tunneling of two electrons Second order in Γ Virtual occupation of the dot Energy conservation only for total process Dominant off resonance ε k B T,eV,Γ
9 Transport regimes Resonant tunneling Many electrons tunnel Nonperturbative in Γ Complicated many-body effects (Kondo) Dominant for strong coupling Γ k B T,eV
10 Anderson model Single-level quantum dot H = σ εn σ +Un n + rkσ ε k a rkσ a rkσ + rkσ t r a rkσ c σ + H.c. 0 d E = 0 E = ǫ E = ǫ E = 2ǫ+U Level position ε (tunable) Coulomb energy U Tunnel coupling Γ r = 2π t r 2 ρ (often tunable) Temperature T (tunable) Voltage V (tunable)
11 Master equation approach Probability P χ to find quantum dot in state χ {0,,,d} Occupation probabilities obey master equation P χ = χ W χχ P χ Transition rates W χχ from Fermi s golden rule W 0 = r Γ r f r (ε) W d = r Γ r [1 f r (ε+u)] Current I = χχ W I χχ P χ
12 Experimental realizations Lu et al., Nature 2003 Kuemmeth et al., Nano Letters 2008 Hamaya et al., APL dimensional electron gas Metallic nanoparticles Self-assembled quantum dots
13 Experimental realizations Leturcq, Nat. Phys Dirks et al., Nat. Phys Das et al., Nat. Comm Carbon nanotubes Graphene Nanowires
14 Thermoelectrics 1823 Seebeck effect: Heat current 1834 Peltier effect: Current Cooling Advantages of thermoelectrics: No moving parts Scalable to the nanoscale Heat is ubiquitous Disadvantage Low efficiency, small power
15 Mesoscopic physics and thermoelectrics Fundamental research Theoretical analysis of thermopower of quantum dots, quantum point contacts Proetto PRB 1991, Beenakker and Staring PRB 1992, Nakpathomkun et al. PRB 2010 Experiments on quantum dots Staring et al. EPL 1993, Dzurak PRB 1997, Godijn et al. PRL 1999, Scheibner et al. PRL 2005, PRB 2007, Svensson et al. NJP 2012, 2013 Experiments on quantum point contacts Molenkamp et al. PRL 1990 Can mesoscopic systems be useful for thermoelectric applications? Quantum wires and wells for thermoelectrics Hicks and Dresselhaus PRB 1993 Sharp spectral features increase thermoelectric performance Mahan and Sofo PNAS 1996 Electronic refrigerator Edwards et al. APL 1993, PRB 1995, Prance et al. PRL 2009
16 Three-terminal thermoelectrics V 1, T 1 V 2, T 2 I C 1 C 2 V 1 V 2 charge conducting quantum dot gate quantum dot C V g, T g J g V g C g Sánchez, Büttiker, PRB 2011 McClure et al., PRL 2007 Connection to Coulomb-drag setups Crossed heat and charge currents Separation of heat source and rectifier Energy harvesting
17 Coulomb-coupled conductors
18 Coulomb-blockade regime Sánchez, Büttiker, PRB 2011 V 1, T 1 V 2, T 2 I C 1 C 2 V 1 V 2 charge conducting quantum dot gate quantum dot C V g, T g J g V g C g Coulomb-coupled quantum dots Exchange energy but no particles Conductor dot: two cold reservoirs Gate dot: single hot reservoir
19 Coulomb-blockade regime V 1, T 1 V 2, T 2 I Γ10 Γ20 Γ 10 + Γ Γ g0 Γ g1 C 1 C 2 V 1 V 2 charge conducting quantum dot gate quantum dot C Γ 11 Γ 21 Γ + 11 Γ + 21 V g, T g J g V g C g Γ + g0 Γ + g1 Drive current by temperature bias Energy-dependent, asymmetric tunnel barriers Optimal heat to charge current conversion One energy quantum of the bath transfers one charge quantum
20 Coulomb-blockade regime Power P = IV Efficiency η = P/J g Device reaches Carnot efficiency η C at stopping voltage Efficiency at maximum power η maxp = η C /2
21 Chaotic cavities BS, Sánchez, Jordan and Büttiker, PRB 2012 Capacitively coupled chaotic cavities Open quantum dots: Large number N of transport channels How do current and power vary with N? Asymmetric, energy-dependent transmissions T r = Tr 0 et rδu
22 Chaotic cavities Current I = Λ τ RC k B (Θ 1 Θ 2 ) Asymmetry parameter Λ = G LG R G RG L (G L +G R ) 2 where G r = e2 h T0 r and G r = e3 h T r RC time τ RC determined by effective conductance and capacitance of double cavity Current independent of channel number, I 0.1nA Power scales as 1/N, similar to Coulomb-blockade for a few open channels P 1fW Efficiency scales as 1/N 2, few percent of η C
23 Power versus conductance P P 1/G P G G[e 2 /h] Coulomb blockade regime: Power grows linear with conductance Open contacts: Power drops as inverse conductance Maximal power should be achieved for single channel Consider resonant tunneling through quantum dots
24 Resonant tunneling Jordan, BS, Sánchez and Büttiker, PRB 2013 Central cavity in thermal equilibrium with hot reservoir Cavity connected to two cold electronic reservoirs via quantum dots Quantum dots host single resonant level with width γ and energy E L,R
25 Resonant tunneling Scattering matrix approach Charge current I j = 2e Energy current J j = 2 h h de Tj (E)[f j (E) f C (E)] de ETj (E)[f j (E) f C (E)] Transmission T j (E) = γ 2 (E E j ) 2 +γ 2 Heat current J from hot reservoir Conservation of charge and energy 0 = I L +I R 0 = J +J L +J R
26 Resonant tunneling a 1.2 b Pmax/ (k BT) 2 h Pmax/ (k BT) 2 h E/k B T c T/T d E R /k B T ηmaxp/ηc T/T γ/k B T µ R /k B T T/T Numerically optimize E, γ and V for maximal power Optimal values: E 6k B T, γ k B T Maximal power P max 0.4(k B T) 2 /h, about 0.1pW at T = 1K Efficiency at maximum power η maxp 0.2η C
27 Resonant tunneling Scaling Swiss cheese sandwich with self-assembled quantum dots Dot positions do not have to match Dot size of 100nm 2 yields 10W/cm 2 at T = 10K Robust with respect to fluctuations of level positions
28 Harvesting bosons
29 Phonons Entin-Wohlman et al. PRB 2010, PRB 2012 Quantum dot coupled to electronic reservoirs and phonon bath Linear-response thermoelectrics Left-right and particle-hole symmetry broken: Γ L (E) Γ R (E) Flux-dependence of response coefficients in Aharonov-Bohm geometry
30 Magnons BS and Büttiker, EPL 2012 T E Γ R T B ε+b/2 J ε B/2 Γ L T E Quantum dot coupled to ferromagnetic electrodes and ferromagnetic insulator Bridge between energy harvesting and spin caloritronics Drive pure spin current or spin-polarized charge current by magnons
31 Microwave photons Bergenfeldt, Samuelsson, BS, Flindt and Büttiker, arxiv 2013 g e g e hω 0 Double quantum dots connected via superconducting cavity Combines circuit QED and thermoelectrics Separate hot and cold part by macroscopic distance Reduce leakage heat currents
32 Summary
33 Summary Three-terminal quantum-dot thermoelectrics Coulomb-coupled conductors Coulomb blockade: High efficiency, small power Open dots: Small efficiency, small power Resonant tunneling: Large power, good efficiency Boson-driven heat engines Phonons (hard to control) Magnons: spintronics Microwave photons: circuit QED
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