Berry curvature induced spin Nernst and thermal Edelstein effects in proximity superconductors
We propose two thermo-spintronic responses in proximity induced superconductors with spin-orbit coupled band - spin Nernst effect and thermal Edelstein effect stemming respectively from momentum-space and mixed superconducting Berry curvatures. We unveil that the Bloch band spin-orbit coupling and pairing are entangled in shaping the superconducting Berry curvatures rather than in an additive manner. The resulting thermo-spintronic responses are significantly enhanced at low temperatures by the emergence of Bogoliubov Fermi surface, and can be effectively controlled by tuning the latter. The effects render a probe of Bogoliubov Fermi surface and superconducting Berry curvatures supported by it. Our work reveals Berry curvature properties in topologically trivial proximity superconductors with spin-orbit coupling, and opens a new route to superconducting spintronics.
Authors
- Cong Xiao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4843-070X)
- Zhi Wang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0680-4849)
- Qian Niu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0006-7181-8362)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Physical review. B./Physical review. B
- Published
- 2026-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1103/k116-1b1f
- Primary Topic
- Topological Materials and Phenomena
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00