Nernst effect as a signature of quantum fluctuations in quasi-one-dimensional superconductors

Yeshayahu Atzmon; Efrat Shimshoni

doi:10.1103/PhysRevB.87.054510

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Nernst effect as a signature of quantum fluctuations in quasi-one-dimensional superconductors

Yeshayahu Atzmon, Efrat Shimshoni

DOI 10.1103/PhysRevB.87.054510 · Physical Review B

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Abstract

We study a model for the transverse thermoelectric response due to quantum superconducting fluctuations in a two-leg Josephson ladder, subject to a perpendicular magnetic field B and a transverse temperature gradient. Assuming a weak Josephson coupling on the rungs, the off-diagonal Peltier coefficient (αxy) and the Nernst effect are evaluated as functions of B and the temperature T. In this regime, the Nernst effect is found to exhibit a prominent peak close to the superconductor–insulator transition, which becomes progressively enhanced at low T. In addition, we derive a relation to the diamagnetic response αxy=−M/T0, where M is the equilibrium magnetization and T0 a plasma energy in the superconducting legs.