Relaxation of nonequilibrium quasiparticles in mesoscopic size superconductors

KY Arutyunov, SA Chernyaev… - Journal of Physics …, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
Rapid development of micro-and nanofabrication methods have provoked interest and
enabled experimental studies of electronic properties of a vast class of (sub) micrometer …

[HTML][HTML] Extremely weak sub-Kelvin electron–phonon coupling in InAs on Insulator

S Battisti, GD Simoni, A Braggio, A Paghi… - Applied Physics …, 2024 - pubs.aip.org
We are proposing a hybrid superconductor–semiconductor platform using indium arsenide
(InAs) grown on an insulating layer of indium aluminum arsenide heterostructure (InAsOI) as …

Refrigeration below 1 kelvin

H Cao - Journal of Low Temperature Physics, 2021 - Springer
There is a growing demand for refrigeration techniques to reach temperatures below 1 K
because these temperatures are critical for a wide range of rapidly developing applications …

Active electron cooling of graphene

F Paolucci, F Bianco, F Giazotto… - Advanced Functional …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
In the emergent field of quantum technology, the ability to manage heat at the nanoscale
and in cryogenic conditions is crucial for enhancing device performance in terms of noise …

On-chip magnetic cooling of a nanoelectronic device

DI Bradley, AM Guénault, D Gunnarsson, RP Haley… - Scientific reports, 2017 - nature.com
We demonstrate significant cooling of electrons in a nanostructure below 10 mK by
demagnetisation of thin-film copper on a silicon chip. Our approach overcomes the typical …

Thermionic junction devices utilizing phonon blocking

E Mykkänen, JS Lehtinen, L Grönberg… - Science …, 2020 - science.org
Electrothermal elements are used in various energy harvesters, coolers, and radiation
detectors. The optimal operation of these elements relies on mastering two competing …

InAs nanowire superconducting tunnel junctions: Quasiparticle spectroscopy, thermometry, and nanorefrigeration

J Mastomäki, S Roddaro, M Rocci, V Zannier… - Nano Research, 2017 - Springer
We demonstrate an original method based on controlled oxidation for creating high-quality
tunnel junctions between superconducting Al reservoirs and InAs semiconductor nanowires …

Layer-by-layer modification of thin-film metal–semiconductor multilayers with ultrashort laser pulses

SA Romashevskiy, PA Tsygankov, SI Ashitkov… - Applied Physics A, 2018 - Springer
The surface modifications in a multilayer thin-film structure (50-nm alternating layers of Si
and Al) induced by a single Gaussian-shaped femtosecond laser pulse (350 fs, 1028 nm) in …

Cascaded superconducting junction refrigerators: optimization and performance limits

A Kemppinen, A Ronzani, E Mykkänen… - Applied Physics …, 2021 - pubs.aip.org
We demonstrate highly transparent silicon–vanadium and silicon–aluminum tunnel
junctions with relatively low sub-gap leakage current and discuss how a trade-off typically …

Electron cooling in graphene thermal transistors

F Paolucci, F Bianco, F Giazotto, S Roddaro - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
In the emergent field of quantum technology, the ability to manage heat at the nanoscale
and in cryogenic conditions is crucial for enhancing device performance in terms of noise …