Fundamental aspects of steady-state conversion of heat to work at the nanoscale

G Benenti, G Casati, K Saito, RS Whitney - Physics Reports, 2017 - Elsevier
In recent years, the study of heat to work conversion has been re-invigorated by
nanotechnology. Steady-state devices do this conversion without any macroscopic moving …

[HTML][HTML] Quantum thermodynamic devices: From theoretical proposals to experimental reality

NM Myers, O Abah, S Deffner - AVS quantum science, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Thermodynamics originated in the need to understand novel technologies developed by the
Industrial Revolution. However, over the centuries, the description of engines, refrigerators …

Periodic energy transport and entropy production in quantum electronics

MF Ludovico, L Arrachea, M Moskalets, D Sánchez - Entropy, 2016 - mdpi.com
The problem of time-dependent particle transport in quantum conductors is nowadays a well
established topic. In contrast, the way in which energy and heat flow in mesoscopic systems …

Universal coherence-induced power losses of quantum heat engines in linear response

K Brandner, M Bauer, U Seifert - Physical Review Letters, 2017 - APS
We identify a universal indicator for the impact of coherence on periodically driven quantum
devices by dividing their power output into a classical contribution and one stemming solely …

Cooperation and competition in synchronous open quantum systems

T Murtadho, S Vinjanampathy, J Thingna - Physical Review Letters, 2023 - APS
Synchronization between limit cycle oscillators can arise through entrainment to an external
drive or through mutual coupling. The interplay between the two mechanisms has been …

Effective Floquet–Gibbs states for dissipative quantum systems

T Shirai, J Thingna, T Mori, S Denisov… - New Journal of …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
A periodically driven quantum system, when coupled to a heat bath, relaxes to a non-
equilibrium asymptotic state. In the general situation, the retrieval of this asymptotic state …

Periodically driven open quantum systems with vibronic interaction: Resonance effects and vibrationally mediated decoupling

J Bätge, Y Wang, A Levy, W Dou, M Thoss - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
Periodic driving and Floquet engineering have emerged as invaluable tools for controlling
and uncovering novel phenomena in quantum systems. In this study, we adopt these …

Coherent control of thermoelectric currents and noise in quantum thermocouples

J Balduque, R Sánchez - Physical Review B, 2024 - APS
Three-terminal coherent conductors are able to perform as quantum thermocouples when
the heat absorbed from one terminal is transformed into useful power in the other two …

Quantum coherent control of nonlinear thermoelectric transport in a triple-dot Aharonov-Bohm heat engine

J Behera, S Bedkihal, BK Agarwalla… - Physical Review B, 2023 - APS
We investigate the role of quantum coherence and higher harmonics resulting from multiple-
path interference in nonlinear thermoelectricity in a two-terminal triangular triple-dot …

Fermion-parity duality and energy relaxation in interacting open systems

J Schulenborg, RB Saptsov, F Haupt, J Splettstoesser… - Physical Review B, 2016 - APS
We study the transient heat current out of a confined electron system into a weakly coupled
electrode in response to a voltage switch. We show that the decay of the Coulomb …