Thermal rectification in nonlinear quantum circuits

Details Thermal rectification in nonlinear quantum circuits Thermal rectification in nonlinear quantum circuits

2008-12-18

arxiv.org/abs/0812.3634v2

Phys. Rev. B 79, 144306 (2009)

Physics

Condensed Matter

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

5 pages, 5 figures; v2: added discussion on rectification sign

Scientific paper

10.1103/PhysRevB.79.144306

We present a theoretical study of radiative heat transport in nonlinear solid-state quantum circuits. We give a detailed account of heat rectification effects, i.e. the asymmetry of heat current with respect to a reversal of the thermal gradient, in a system consisting of two reservoirs at finite temperatures coupled through a nonlinear resonator. We suggest an experimentally feasible superconducting circuit employing the Josephson nonlinearity to realize a controllable low temperature heat rectifier with a maximal asymmetry of the order of 10%. We also discover a parameter regime where the rectification changes sign as a function of temperature.

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