A superconductor with a gap in the density of states or a quantum dot with discrete energy
levels is a central building block in realizing an electronic on-chip cooler. They can work as …

The fundamental excitations in superconductors—Bogoliubov quasiparticles—can be either
a resource or a liability in superconducting devices: they are what enables photon detection …

The emerging quantum technological apparatuses,, such as the quantum computer,,,, call
for extreme performance in thermal engineering. Cold distant heat sinks are needed for the …

With great interest from the quantum computing community, an immense amount of R&D
effort has been invested into improving superconducting qubits. The technologies …

Bolometers for balloon and space missions have seen extensive development because of
their capacity to test primordial conditions of the Universe. The major improvements consist …

Understanding heating and cooling mechanisms in mesoscopic superconductor–
semiconductor devices is crucial for their application in quantum technologies. Owing to …

The presence of quasiparticles in superconducting qubits emerges as an intrinsic constraint
on their coherence. While it is difficult to prevent the generation of quasiparticles, keeping …

Superconducting qubits probe environmental defects such as nonequilibrium quasiparticles,
an<? format?> important source of decoherence. We show that “hot” nonequilibrium …

Thermo-electric transport at the nano-scale is a rapidly developing topic, in particular in
superconductor-based hybrid devices. In this review paper, we first discuss the fundamental …

A superconductor/normal metal/superconductor Josephson junction is a coherent electron
system where the thermodynamic entropy depends on temperature and difference of phase …