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Quantum Thermal Analogs of Electric Circuits: A Universal Approach

Quantum Physics 2025-08-20 v4 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

In this work, we develop a panoramic schematic of quantum thermal analogs of electric circuits in the steady state regime. We establish the foundations of said premise by defining the analogs of Kirchhoff's laws for heat currents and temperature gradients, as well as a quantum thermal step transformer. Using this, we develop two novel quantum thermal circuits, viz., quantum thermal super Wheatstone bridge and quantum thermal adder circuit, paving the way for the corresponding integrated circuits. We further show that our approach encompasses various circuits like thermal diode, transistor, and Wheatstone bridge. This sheds new light on the present architecture of quantum device engineering.

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@article{arxiv.2411.03898,
  title  = {Quantum Thermal Analogs of Electric Circuits: A Universal Approach},
  author = {Devvrat Tiwari and Samyadeb Bhattacharya and Subhashish Banerjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.03898},
  year   = {2025}
}

Comments

Close to the published version. Contains 15 pages and 16 figures (including Supplemental Material)