Nonlinear Seebeck effect of SU(N) Kondo impurity

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关键词: FIELD;    ANDERSON;    MODEL;    HEAT;    FLOW;   

DOI  :  10.1103/PhysRevB.100.125426

来源: SCIE

【 摘 要 】

We develop a theoretical framework to study the influence of coupling asymmetry on the thermoelectrics of a strongly coupled SU(N) Kondo impurity based on a local Fermi liquid theory. Applying a nonequilibrium Keldysh formalism, we investigate a charge current driven by the voltage bias and temperature gradient in the strong coupling regime of an asymmetrically coupled SU(N) quantum impurity. The thermoelectric characterizations are made via nonlinear Seebeck effects. We demonstrate that the beyond particle-hole (PH) symmetric SU(N) Kondo variants are highly desirable with respect to the corresponding PH-symmetric setups in order to have significantly improved thermoelectric performance. The greatly enhanced Seebeck coefficients by tailoring the coupling asymmetry of beyond PH-symmetric SU(N) Kondo effects are explored. Apart from presenting the analytical expressions of asymmetry-dependent transport coefficients for general SU(N) Kondo effects, we make a close connection of our findings with the experimentally studied SU(2) and SU(4) Kondo effects in quantum dot nanostructures. Seebeck effects associated with the theoretically proposed SU(3) Kondo effects are discussed in detail.

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