{ "id": "cond-mat/0703514", "version": "v1", "published": "2007-03-20T15:24:13.000Z", "updated": "2007-03-20T15:24:13.000Z", "title": "Quantum dot as thermal rectifier", "authors": [ "R. Scheibner", "M. Koenig", "D. Reuter", "A. D. Wieck", "H. Buhmann", "L. W. Molenkamp" ], "comment": "4 pages, 4 figures", "doi": "10.1088/1367-2630/10/8/083016", "categories": [ "cond-mat.mes-hall" ], "abstract": "We report the observation of thermal rectification in a semiconductor quantum dot, as inferred from the asymmetric line shape of the thermopower oscillations. The asymmetry is observed at high in-plane magnetic fields and caused by the presence of a high orbital momentum state in the dot.", "revisions": [ { "version": "v1", "updated": "2007-03-20T15:24:13.000Z" } ], "analyses": { "keywords": [ "thermal rectifier", "high in-plane magnetic fields", "high orbital momentum state", "asymmetric line shape", "semiconductor quantum dot" ], "tags": [ "journal article" ], "note": { "typesetting": "TeX", "pages": 4, "language": "en", "license": "arXiv", "status": "editable" } } }