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Dynamically induced heat rectification in quantum systems

Andreu Riera-Campeny, Mohammad Mehboudi, Marisa Pons, and Anna Sanpera
Phys. Rev. E 99, 032126 – Published 25 March 2019

Abstract

Heat rectifiers are systems that conduct heat asymmetrically for forward and reversed temperature gradients. We present an analytical study of heat rectification in linear quantum systems. We demonstrate that asymmetric heat currents can be induced in a linear system only if it is dynamically driven. This asymmetry emerges when the driving frequency favors the nonsymmetric heat exchange processes at the expense of the symmetric ones. Finally, we demonstrate the feasibility of such driven harmonic network to work as a thermal transistor, quantifying its efficiency through the dynamical amplification factor.

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  • Received 11 July 2018
  • Revised 14 February 2019

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.99.032126

Published by the American Physical Society under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license. Further distribution of this work must maintain attribution to the author(s) and the published article's title, journal citation, and DOI.

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Atomic, Molecular & OpticalStatistical Physics & Thermodynamics

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Andreu Riera-Campeny1, Mohammad Mehboudi2, Marisa Pons3, and Anna Sanpera1,4

  • 1Física Teòrica: Informació i Fenòmens Quàntics. Departament de Física, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193 Bellaterra, Spain
  • 2ICFO-Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Spain
  • 3Departmento de Física Aplicada I, Universidad del País Vasco, UPV-EHU, Bilbao, Spain
  • 4ICREA, Passeig Lluís Companys 23, 08001 Barcelona, Spain

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Vol. 99, Iss. 3 — March 2019

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