Cours
| Thermo-electric transport in mesoscopic normal metal-superconductor tunnel junctions: physics and applications (3) |
| Frank Hekking |
| LPMMC |
| vendredi 26 novembre 2010 , 09h00 |
| SC 8 (FST) |
We finally show that thermal noise generated by a hot resistor R can, under proper conditions, also catalyze heat removal from a normal metal in contact with a superconductor via a tunnel barrier. Such a NIS junction acts as Maxwell's demon, rectifying the heat flow. |