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Nonequilibrium Green's functions in the study of heat transport of driven nanomechanical systems
Fecha
2013-02Registro en:
Rizzo, Bruno; Arrachea, Liliana del Carmen; Nonequilibrium Green's functions in the study of heat transport of driven nanomechanical systems; IOP; Journal of Physics: Conference series; 427; 2-2013; 12012-12022
1742-6596
Autor
Rizzo, Bruno
Arrachea, Liliana del Carmen
Resumen
We review a recent theoretical development based on non-equilibrium Green's function formalism to study heat transport in nanomechanical devices modeled by phononic systems of coupled quantum oscillators driven by ac forces and connected to phononic reservoirs. We present the relevant equations to calculate the heat currents flowing along different regions of the setup, as well as the power developed by the time-dependent forces. We also present different strategies to evaluate the Green's functions exactly or approximately within the weak driving regime. We finally discuss the different mechanisms in which the ac driving forces deliver the energy. We show that, besides generating heat, the forces may operate exchanging energy as a quantum engine.