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Colloquium : Nonequilibrium effects in superconductors with a spin-splitting field (2018)
Bergeret, F. S., Silaev, M., Virtanen, P., & Heikkilä, T. (2018). Colloquium : Nonequilibrium effects in superconductors with a spin-splitting field. Reviews of Modern Physics, 90(4), Article 041001. https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.041001
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Publication details
All authors or editors: Bergeret, F. Sebastian; Silaev, Mikhail; Virtanen, Pauli; Heikkilä, Tero
Journal or series: Reviews of Modern Physics
ISSN: 0034-6861
eISSN: 1538-4527
Publication year: 2018
Volume: 90
Issue number: 4
Article number: 041001
Publisher: American Physical Society
Publication country: United States
Publication language: English
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1103/RevModPhys.90.041001
Publication open access: Not open
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Publication is parallel published (JYX): https://jyx.jyu.fi/handle/123456789/60130
Abstract
This Colloquium discusses the recent progress in understanding the properties of spin-split superconductors under nonequilibrium conditions. Recent experiments and theories demonstrate a rich variety of transport phenomena occurring in devices based on such materials that suggest direct applications in thermoelectricity, low-dissipative spintronics, radiation detection, and sensing. This text discusses different experimental situations and presents a theoretical framework based on quantum kinetic equations. This framework provides an accurate description of the nonequilibrium distribution of charge, spin, and energy, which are the relevant nonequilibrium modes, in different hybrid structures. This Colloquium also reviews experiments on spin-split superconductors and shows how transport measurements reveal the properties of the nonequilibrium modes and their mutual coupling. In particular, the emphasis of the text is on spin injection and diffusion and very large thermoelectric effects in spin-split superconductors.
Keywords: superconductors; quantum physics
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- Matalien lämpötilojen huippuyksikkö/2
- Heikkilä, Tero
- Research Council of Finland
- Spin-kinetiikka suprajohteissa ja topologisissa supranesteissä
- Silaev, Mikhail
- Research Council of Finland
- Suprajohde/ferromagneettirakenteisiin pe
- Heikkilä, Tero
- Research Council of Finland
Ministry reporting: Yes
Reporting Year: 2018
JUFO rating: 3