期刊
NEW JOURNAL OF PHYSICS
卷 23, 期 6, 页码 -出版社
IOP Publishing Ltd
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/ac02df
关键词
quantum thermal transport; spin-boson model; quantum thermodynamics; strong coupling; reaction coordinate
资金
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Discovery Grant
- Canada Research Chairs Program
The study introduces a semi-analytical approach based on the reaction coordinate method to investigate quantum thermal energy transport at the nanoscale, highlighting the significance of strong system-bath coupling effects. By constructing an enlarged system and utilizing an effective two-level system, the research examines the heat current characteristics and thermal diode effect under strong system-bath coupling conditions, showcasing the proper capture of such signatures.
We present a semi-analytical approach for studying quantum thermal energy transport at the nanoscale. Our method, which is based on the reaction coordinate method, reveals the role of strong system-bath coupling effects in quantum energy transport. Considering as a case study the nonequilibrium spin-boson model, a collective coordinate is extracted from each thermal environment and added into the system to construct an enlarged system (ES). After performing additional Hamiltonian's truncation and transformation, we obtain an effective two-level system with renormalized parameters, resulting from the strong system-bath coupling. The ES is weakly coupled to its environments, thus can be simulated using a perturbative Markovian quantum master equation approach. We compare the heat current characteristics of the effective two-state model to other techniques, and demonstrate that we properly capture strong system-bath signatures such as the turnover behavior of the heat current as a function of system-bath coupling strength. We further investigate the thermal diode effect and demonstrate that strong couplings moderately improve the rectification ratio relative to the weak coupling limit. The effective Hamiltonian method that we developed here offers fundamental insight into the strong coupling behavior, and is computationally economic. Applications of the method toward studying multi-level quantum thermal machines are anticipated.
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