Fluctuating-surface-current formulation of radiative heat transfer: theory and applications

AW Rodriguez, MTH Reid, SG Johnson - Physical Review B—Condensed …, 2013 - APS
We describe a fluctuating-surface current formulation of radiative heat transfer between
bodies of arbitrary shape that exploits efficient and sophisticated techniques from the surface …

Three-body radiative heat transfer and Casimir-Lifshitz force out of thermal equilibrium for arbitrary bodies

R Messina, M Antezza - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
We study the Casimir-Lifshitz force and the radiative heat transfer in a system consisting of
three bodies held at three independent temperatures and immersed in a thermal …

Quantum thermal machines with single nonequilibrium environments

B Leggio, B Bellomo, M Antezza - Physical Review A, 2015 - APS
We propose a scheme for a quantum thermal machine made by atoms interacting with a
single nonequilibrium electromagnetic field. The field is produced by a simple configuration …

Robust entanglement with three-dimensional nonreciprocal photonic topological insulators

SAH Gangaraj, GW Hanson, M Antezza - Physical Review A, 2017 - APS
We investigate spontaneous and pumped entanglement of two-level systems in the vicinity
of a photonic topological insulator interface, which supports a nonreciprocal (unidirectional) …

Otto engine beyond its standard quantum limit

B Leggio, M Antezza - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
We propose a quantum Otto cycle based on the properties of a two-level system in a realistic
out-of-thermal-equilibrium electromagnetic field acting as its sole reservoir. This steady …

Creation and protection of entanglement in systems out of thermal equilibrium

B Bellomo, M Antezza - New Journal of Physics, 2013 - iopscience.iop.org
We investigate the creation of entanglement between two quantum emitters interacting with
a realistic common stationary electromagnetic field out of thermal equilibrium. In the case of …

Quantum thermal machine acting on a many-body quantum system: Role of correlations in thermodynamic tasks

P Doyeux, B Leggio, R Messina, M Antezza - Physical Review E, 2016 - APS
We study the functioning of a three-level thermal machine when acting on a many-qubit
system, the entire system being placed in an electromagnetic field in a stationary out-of …

Geometric phase of a two-level atom near a dielectric nanosphere out of thermal equilibrium

E Amooghorban, S Shahidani, SM Abdhvand - Physical Review A, 2024 - APS
We study the geometric phase (GP) of a two-level atom coupled to an environment
composed of free space and a dielectric nanosphere in thermal and out of thermal …

Steady-state entanglement and thermalization of coupled qubits in two common heat baths

LZ Hu, ZX Man, YJ Xia - Quantum Information Processing, 2018 - Springer
In this work, we study the steady-state entanglement and thermalization of two coupled
qubits embedded in two common baths with different temperatures. The common bath is …

Casimir-Lifshitz force out of thermal equilibrium between dielectric gratings

A Noto, R Messina, B Guizal, M Antezza - Physical Review A, 2014 - APS
We calculate the Casimir-Lifshitz pressure in a system consisting of two different one-
dimensional dielectric lamellar gratings having two different temperatures and immersed in …