Title
Quantum Thermal Rectification to Design Thermal Diodes and Transistors
Date Issued
01 February 2017
Access level
open access
Resource Type
journal article
Author(s)
Université de Poitiers
Publisher(s)
Walter de Gruyter GmbH
Abstract
We study in this article how heat can be exchanged between two-level systems, each of them being coupled to a thermal reservoir. Calculations are performed solving a master equation for the density matrix using the Born-Markov approximation. We analyse the conditions for which a thermal diode and a thermal transistor can be obtained as well as their optimisation.
Start page
163
End page
170
Volume
72
Issue
2
Language
English
OCDE Knowledge area
Física de la materia condensada Química física
Scopus EID
2-s2.0-85012872277
Source
Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung - Section A Journal of Physical Sciences
ISSN of the container
09320784
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