Journal
PHYSICAL REVIEW B
Volume 79, Issue 11, Pages -Publisher
AMER PHYSICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevB.79.115415
Keywords
nanowires; quantum wires
Funding
- DOE [DE-FG02-05ER46204]
- University of California Laboratories
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The theory of open quantum systems is used to study the local temperature and heat currents in metallic nanowires connected to leads at different temperatures. We show that for ballistic wires the local temperature is almost uniform along the wire and Fourier's law is invalid. By gradually increasing disorder, a uniform temperature gradient ensues inside the wire and the thermal current linearly relates to this local temperature gradient, in agreement with Fourier's law. Finally, we show that while disorder is responsible for the onset of Fourier's law, the nonequilibrium energy distribution function is determined solely by the heat baths.
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