Nonlinear Anomalous Thermoelectric Current

ORAL

Abstract

Using the concept of the orbital magnetic quadrupole, we derive a nonlinear anomalous thermoelectric current, i.e. a current quadratic in temperature gradient and perpendicular to its direction. In the system that breaks time reversal, inversion, and one mirror symmetry, but has the combined time reversal and inversion symmetry, the linear anomalous thermoelectric current vanishes but the nonlinear current we obtained does not vanish and hence can be used to probe such system. We demonstrate this nonlinear current in the loop-current model in the pseudogap phase.

*This work is supported by the Department of Energy, Basic Energy
Sciences, Grant No.~DE-SC0012509.

Presenters

  • Yang Gao

    • Carnegie Mellon University
    • Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University

Authors

  • Yang Gao

    • Carnegie Mellon University
    • Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University
  • Di Xiao

    • Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania 15213, USA
    • Carnegie Mellon University
    • Carnegie Mellon Univ
    • Department of Physics, Carnegie Mellon University