Quantum heat engine based on photon-assisted Cooper pair tunneling
Hofer, Patrick P. LU
; Souquet, J. R.
and Clerk, A. A.
(2016)
In Physical Review B
93(4).
- Abstract
We propose and analyze a simple mesoscopic quantum heat engine that exhibits both high power and high efficiency. The system consists of a biased Josephson junction coupled to two microwave cavities, with each cavity coupled to a thermal bath. Resonant Cooper pair tunneling occurs with the exchange of photons between cavities, and a temperature difference between the baths can naturally lead to a current against the voltage, and hence work. As a consequence of the unique properties of Cooper-pair tunneling, the heat current is completely separated from the charge current. This combined with the strong energy selectivity of the process leads to an extremely high efficiency.
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- author
- Hofer, Patrick P.
LU
; Souquet, J. R.
and Clerk, A. A.
- publishing date
- 2016-01-22
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- in
- Physical Review B
- volume
- 93
- issue
- 4
- article number
- 041418
- publisher
- American Physical Society
- external identifiers
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- scopus:84955498949
- ISSN
- 2469-9950
- DOI
- 10.1103/PhysRevB.93.041418
- language
- English
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