Converting heat into directed transport on a tilted lattice
| Autor: | Colin Teo, Ulf Bissbort, Dario Poletti |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
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Physics
Quantum Physics Condensed matter physics Spins Statistical Mechanics (cond-mat.stat-mech) Single bath Constant speed FOS: Physical sciences 01 natural sciences 010305 fluids & plasmas Quantum Gases (cond-mat.quant-gas) Lattice (order) 0103 physical sciences Condensed Matter - Quantum Gases 010306 general physics Quantum Physics (quant-ph) Condensed Matter - Statistical Mechanics |
| DOI: | 10.48550/arxiv.1609.02294 |
| Popis: | We present a self-contained engine, which is made of one or more two-level systems, each of which is coupled to a single bath, as well as to a common load composed of a particle on a tilted lattice. We show that the energy and the entropy absorbed by the spins are transferred to the particle thus setting it into upward motion at an average constant speed, even when driven by a single spin connected to a single bath. When considering an ensemble of different spins, the velocity of the particle is larger when the tilt is on resonance with any of the spins' energy splitting. Interestingly, we find regimes where the spins' polarization enters periodic cycles with the oscillation period being determined by the tilt of the lattice. Comment: 7 pages, 4 figures |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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