Du Jianying, Shen Wei, Su Shanhe, Chen Jincan
Department of Physics, Xiamen University, Xiamen 361005, People's Republic of China.
Phys Rev E. 2019 Jun;99(6-1):062123. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.99.062123.
We study the performance of a thermal management device with small scales by considering a strong coupling between quantum qubits. A small change of the thermal current at the base will cause a great change to the thermal current at the emitter and collector, reaching its promise for large thermal amplification. The competition between the quantum coherence and the incoherence induces a significant variation in the amplification factor and consequently relates the thermal controls with quantum effects. The results obtained here will provide a feasible scheme for the realization of quantum thermal management devices.
我们通过考虑量子比特之间的强耦合来研究一种小尺度热管理器件的性能。基极处热电流的微小变化会导致发射极和集电极处的热电流发生巨大变化,从而实现其大的热放大效果。量子相干性和非相干性之间的竞争会导致放大因子发生显著变化,进而将热控制与量子效应联系起来。这里获得的结果将为实现量子热管理器件提供一种可行的方案。