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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen

TT 19: Transport: Quantum Dots, Quantum Wires, Point Contacts II (organized by TT)

TT 19.7: Talk

Monday, March 31, 2014, 17:45–18:00, HSZ 204

Hybrid Microwave Cavity Heat EngineChristian Bergenfeldt1, Peter Samuelsson1, •Björn Sothmann2, Christian Flindt2, and Markus Büttiker21Physics Department, Lund University, Box 118, SE-22100 Lund, Sweden — 2Département de Physique Théorique, Université de Genève, CH-1211 Genève 4, Switzerland

We propose and analyze the use of hybrid microwave cavities as quantum heat engines. A possible realization consists of two macroscopically separated quantum dot conductors coupled capacitively to the fundamental mode of a microwave cavity. We demonstrate that an electrical current can be induced in one conductor through cavity-mediated processes by heating up the other conductor. The heat engine can reach Carnot efficiency with optimal conversion of heat to work. When the system delivers the maximum power, the efficiency can be a large fraction of the Carnot efficiency. The heat engine functions even with moderate electronic relaxation and dephasing in the quantum dots. We provide detailed estimates for the electrical current and output power using realistic parameters.
C. Bergenfeldt, P. Samuelsson, B. Sothmann, C. Flindt and M. Büttiker, arXiv:1307.4833v1 (2013).

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