QUANTUM INTERFERENCE ENHANCEMENT OF THE SPIN-THERMOPOWER

Publication Date

4-5-2019

Document Type

Poster

Degree Type

Undergraduate

Department

Physics

Mentor

Justin Bergfield

Mentor Department

Physics

Abstract

Heat can be directly converted into electricity via the thermoelectric effect in a device which has no moving parts and no operational carbon footprint. More efficient thermoelectric materials are highly sought after as energy harvesting materials and as way to understand how charge and heat interact with one another. In addition to charge, electrons carry a purely quantum property known as spin. Under the influence of an applied temperature difference, certain “spintronic” materials generate spin-dependent potentials useful for a host of applications. The interplay between spin and heat is described by the spin-thermopower, a quantity we calculate and analyze for a few interesting systems.

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