Pumping heat with quantum ratchets
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T.E. Humphrey; H. Linke; R. Newbury
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Article
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2001
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Elsevier Science
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English
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We describe how adiabatically rocked quantum electron ratchets can act as heat pumps. In general, ratchets may be described as non-equilibrium systems in which directed particle motion is generated using spatial or temporal asymmetry. In a rocked ratchet, which may also be described as a non-linear