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Ultra-efficient Cooling in Ferromagnet-Superconductor Microrefrigerators

F. Giazotto, F. Taddei, R. Fazio, F. Beltram

cond-mat.supr-conarXiv:cond-mat/0203355

Abstract

A promising scheme for electron microrefrigeration based on ferromagnet-superconductor contacts is presented. In this setup, cooling power densities up to 600 nW/μm2 can be achieved leading to electronic temperature reductions largely exceeding those obtained with existing superconductor-normal metal tunnel contacts. Half-metallic CrO2/Al bilayers are indicated as ideal candidates for the implementation of the device.

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