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.Comment: 9 pages, 3 figures, submitted to Applied Physics Letter