The magnetic properties of two-dimensional antiferromagnet NiGa2S4 have attracted much attention and yet some problems are far from being solved. We investigate the magnetic properties of NiGa2S4 by Monte Carlo simulations. A new spin-interacting model is proposed to describe the system, and the specific heat together with the doping effect of nonmagnetic impurity is studied by simulations. The double peaks of the specific heat as well as other behaviors are well reproduced. We also compare our results with those of other models, and the underlying physics is discussed.
We study theoretically the heat originated from electron-phonon coupling in a spintronic device composed of a semi- conductor quantum dot attached to one spin battery and one ferromagnetic lead. It is found that the phenomenon of the negative differential of the heat current, which has previously been predicted in the charge-based device, disappears due to the Pauli exclusion principle resulted from the presence of the spin battery. Under some conditions, huge heat in the heat generation induced by resonant phonon emitting processes also disappears in this spin-based device. Furthermore, we find that the ferromagnetism of the lead can be used to effectively adjust the magnitude of the heat current in different dot level ranges. The proposed system is realizable by current technology and may be useful in designing high-efficiency spintronic components.
We study the thermoelectric effect in a small quantum dot with a magnetic impurity in the Coulomb blockade regime. The electrical conductance, thermal conductance, thermopower, and the thermoelectrical figure of merit （FOM） are calcu- lated by using Green＇s function method. It is found that the peaks in the electrical conductance are split by the exchange coupling between the electron entering into the dot and the magnetic impurity inside the dot, accompanied by the decrease in the height of peaks. As a result, the resonances in the thermoelectric quantities, such as the thermal conductance, ther- mopower, and the FOM, are all split, opening some effective new working regions. Despite of the significant reduction in the height of the electrical conductance peaks induced by the exchange coupling, the values of the FOM and the ther-mopower can be as large as those in the case of zero exchange coupling. We also find that the thermoelectric efficiency, characterized by the magnitude of the FOM, can be enhanced by adjusting the left-right asymmetry of the electrode-dot coupling or by optimizing the system＇s temperature.
研究与两个普通金属电极相连并同时与三个量子点分子耦合的单个量子点中电导率性质和热电效应.结果发现当三个量子点分子的能级都相同时,单个量子点中电导率几乎不受二者之间耦合强度的影响,但赛贝克效应的品质因数(Figure of merit)却随着耦合强度的增大明显增大.如果量子点分子中的能级不同,单个量子点的电导率尖峰会因为量子干涉效应而发生分裂,并导致赛贝克效应的加强,其品质因数的值可以达到20左右,远远超过体材料的最佳值.
