Testing a quantum heat pump with a two-level spin

Once in its non-equilibrium steady state, a nanoscale system coupled to several heat baths may be thought of as a “quantum heat pump”. Depending on the direction of its stationary heat flows, it may function as, e.g., a refrigerator or a heat transformer. These continuous heat devices can be arbitra...

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Main Authors: Correa, Luis A., Mehboudi, Mohammad
Format: Article
Published: MDPI 2016
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/46870/