Nonequilibrium boundary-driven quantum systems: Models, methods, and properties
Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the theoretical understanding of quantum
systems driven dissipatively by coupling to different baths at their edges. This was possible …
systems driven dissipatively by coupling to different baths at their edges. This was possible …
Nonequilibrium Green's function method for quantum thermal transport
This review deals with the nonequilibrium Green's function (NEGF) method applied to the
problems of energy transport due to atomic vibrations (phonons), primarily for small junction …
problems of energy transport due to atomic vibrations (phonons), primarily for small junction …
Thermodynamics of precision in quantum nonequilibrium steady states
Autonomous engines operating at the nanoscale can be prone to deleterious fluctuations in
the heat and particle currents. Thermodynamic uncertainty relations (TURs) express a …
the heat and particle currents. Thermodynamic uncertainty relations (TURs) express a …
Cavity-enhanced transport of charge
We theoretically investigate charge transport through electronic bands of a mesoscopic one-
dimensional system, where interband transitions are coupled to a confined cavity mode …
dimensional system, where interband transitions are coupled to a confined cavity mode …
Non-additive dissipation in open quantum networks out of equilibrium
MT Mitchison, MB Plenio - New Journal of Physics, 2018 - iopscience.iop.org
We theoretically study a simple non-equilibrium quantum network whose dynamics can be
expressed and exactly solved in terms of a time-local master equation. Specifically, we …
expressed and exactly solved in terms of a time-local master equation. Specifically, we …
Nature of heat in strongly coupled open quantum systems
We show that any heat definition expressed as an energy change in the reservoir energy
plus any fraction of the system-reservoir interaction is not an exact differential when …
plus any fraction of the system-reservoir interaction is not an exact differential when …
Out-of-equilibrium open quantum systems: A comparison of approximate quantum master equation approaches with exact results
We present the Born-Markov approximated Redfield quantum master equation (RQME)
description for an open system of noninteracting particles (bosons or fermions) on an …
description for an open system of noninteracting particles (bosons or fermions) on an …
Quantum battery charging by non-equilibrium steady-state currents
We present an analysis of the availability and maximum extractable work of quantum
batteries (QBs) in the presence of charge and/or heat steady-state currents. QBs are …
batteries (QBs) in the presence of charge and/or heat steady-state currents. QBs are …
Heat transport through lattices of quantum harmonic oscillators in arbitrary dimensions
In d-dimensional lattices of coupled quantum harmonic oscillators, we analyze the heat
current caused by two thermal baths of different temperatures, which are coupled to opposite …
current caused by two thermal baths of different temperatures, which are coupled to opposite …
Generalized Bose-Einstein condensation into multiple states in driven-dissipative systems
Bose-Einstein condensation, the macroscopic occupation of a single quantum state,
appears in equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics and persists also in the hydrodynamic …
appears in equilibrium quantum statistical mechanics and persists also in the hydrodynamic …