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Thermal transmission in a molecular transistor with fully spin-polarized electrodes subjected to a temperature gradient is considered. The problem has been solved by using density matrix method in perturbation approach over small tunneling…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-07-12 A. D. Shkop

In the emergent field of quantum technology, the ability to manage heat at the nanoscale and in cryogenic conditions is crucial for enhancing device performance in terms of noise, coherence, and sensitivity. Here, we demonstrate the active…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-12-16 Federico Paolucci , Federica Bianco , Francesco Giazotto , Stefano Roddaro

Energy dissipation is a fundamental process governing the dynamics of physical, chemical, and biological systems. It is also one of the main characteristics distinguishing quantum and classical phenomena. In condensed matter physics, in…

Logical devices based on electrical currents are ubiquitous in modern society. However, digital logic does have some drawbacks such as a relatively high power consumption. It is therefore of great interest to seek alternative means to build…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2020-05-18 Marco Majland , Kasper Sangild Christensen , Nikolaj Thomas Zinner

Devices for performing computation and logic operations with low-energy consumption are of key importance for environmentally friendly data-processing and information technology. Here, we present a design for magnetic elements that use…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-10-17 Xi-guang Wang , Guang-hua Guo , Jamal Berakdar

The first evidence of the dc Josephson effect dates back to 1963 when J. S. Rowell measured the diffraction pattern of the critical current flowing through a single superconducting tunnel junction subjected to an in-plane magnetic field.…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-04-04 M. J. Martínez-Pérez , F. Giazotto

Quantum superconducting circuit with flexible coupler has been a powerful platform for designing quantum thermal machines. In this letter, we employ the tunable coupling of two superconducting resonators to realize a heat valve by…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-10-10 Yu-qiang Liu , Yi-jia Yang , Ting-ting Ma , Chang-shui Yu

The interfaces of quantum Hall insulators with superconductors have emerged as a promising platform to realise interesting physics that may be relevant for topologically protected quantum computing. However, these interfaces can host other…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-10-14 Jordan T. McCourt , John Chiles , Chun-Chia Chen , Kenji Watanabe , Takashi Tanaguchi , Francois Amet , Gleb Finkelstein

We theoretically propose a phase-coherent thermal circulator based on ballistic multiterminal Josephson junctions. The breaking of time-reversal symmetry by either a magnetic flux or a superconducting phase bias allows heat to flow…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-10-30 Sun-Yong Hwang , Francesco Giazotto , Björn Sothmann

Readout and control of qubits are limiting factors in scaling quantum computers. An ideal solution is to integrate energy-efficient cryogenic circuits close to the qubits to perform control and pre-processing tasks. With orders of magnitude…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-09-28 Sasan Razmkhah , Ali Bozbey , Pascal Febvre

We theoretically study thermal transport in an electronic interferometer comprising a parallel circuit of two quantum dots, each of which has a tunable single electronic state which are connected to two leads at different temperature.As a…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Sam Young Cho , Ross H. McKenzie

Ongoing experimental activity aims at calorimetric measurements of thermodynamic indicators of quantum integrated systems. We study a model of a driven qubit in contact with a finite-size thermal electron reservoir. The temperature of the…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-08 Brecht Donvil , Paolo Muratore-Ginanneschi , Jukka P. Pekola

Superconducting diodes enable dissipationless directional transport, yet achieving electrical tunability and scalability remains a major challenge for circuit-level integration. Here, we demonstrate an electrothermal-switch superconducting…

The emerging quantum technological apparatuses [1,2], such as the quantum computer [3-5], call for extreme performance in thermal engineering at the nanoscale [6]. Importantly, quantum mechanics sets a fundamental upper limit for the flow…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-15 Matti Partanen , Kuan Yen Tan , Joonas Govenius , Russell E. Lake , Miika K. Mäkelä , Tuomo Tanttu , Mikko Möttönen

We review some recent advances in studies of phase-coherent thermoelectric effects in superconducting hybrid structures such as, e.g., Andreev interferometers. We elucidate a number of mechanisms of electron-hole symmetry breaking in such…

Superconductivity · Physics 2022-02-18 Mikhail S. Kalenkov , Andrei D. Zaikin

Asymmetric heat transfer systems, often referred to as thermal diodes or thermal rectifiers, have garnered increasing interest due to their wide range of application possibilities. Most of those previous macroscopic thermal diodes either…

Applied Physics · Physics 2022-09-09 Yishu Su , Ying Li , Minghong Qi , Sebastien Guenneau , Huagen Li , Jian Xiong

Motivated by the recent development of fast and ultra-sensitive thermometry in nanoscale systems, we investigate quantum calorimetric detection of individual heat pulses in the sub-meV energy range. We propose a hybrid superconducting…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2018-11-28 F. Brange , P. Samuelsson , B. Karimi , J. P. Pekola

While dephasing noise frequently presents obstacles for quantum devices, it can become an asset in the context of a Brownian-type quantum refrigerator. Here we demonstrate a novel quantum thermal machine that leverages noise-assisted…

We propose an electromagnetically tunable thermal diode based on a two phase multiferroics composite. Analytical and full numerical calculations for prototypical heterojunction composed of Iron on Barium titanate in the tetragonal phase…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-10-08 L. Chotorlishvili , S. R. Etesami , J. Berakdar , R. Khomeriki , Jie Ren

Phase change memory (PCM) is a rapidly growing technology that not only offers advancements in storage-class memories but also enables in-memory data storage and processing towards overcoming the von Neumann bottleneck. In PCMs, the primary…