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 …

The form of energy termed heat that typically derives from lattice vibrations, ie, phonons, is
usually considered as waste energy and, moreover, deleterious to information processing …

Understanding energy dissipation and transport in nanoscale structures is of great
importance for the design of energy-efficient circuits and energy-conversion systems. This is …

We demonstrate that a thermal transistor can be made up with a quantum system of three
interacting subsystems, coupled to a thermal reservoir each. This thermal transistor is …

We propose a mechanism for photon mediated thermal rectification through vacuum relying
only on the temperature dependence of electromagnetic resonances. We also propose an …

Thermal rectification is a phenomenon in which thermal transport along a specific axis is
dependent upon the sign of the temperature gradient or heat current. This phenomenon …

In developing technologies based on superconducting quantum circuits, the need to control
and route heating is a significant challenge in the experimental realisation and operation of …

Thermal diodes, which allow heat transfer in a preferential direction while being blocked in a
reverse direction, have numerous applications in thermal management, information …

Thermal diodes,—devices that allow heat to flow preferentially in one direction—are one of
the key tools for the implementation of solid-state thermal circuits. These would find …

We present a microscopic discussion of a nano-sized structure which uses the quantization
of energy levels and the physics of single charge Coulomb interaction to achieve an optimal …