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TT: Fachverband Tiefe Temperaturen
TT 47: Fluctuations, Noise and Other Transport Topics (joint session TT/DY)
TT 47.3: Vortrag
Donnerstag, 20. März 2025, 15:30–15:45, H31
Thermodynamic and energetic constraints on out-of-equilibrium tunneling rates — Ludovico Tesser1, •Matteo Acciai2,1, Christian Spånslätt3,1, Inès Safi4, and Janine Splettstoesser1 — 1Department of Microtechnology and Nanoscience (MC2), Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden — 2Scuola Internazionale Superiore di Studi Avanzati, Trieste, Italy — 3Department of Engineering and Physics, Karlstad University, Karlstad, Sweden — 4Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS-Université Paris-Sud and Paris-Saclay, Orsay, France
We consider a bipartite quantum system, where the two parts are kept at different temperatures and are connected by a tunnel coupling. In this setup, we show that the out-of-equilibrium tunneling rates between the two subsystems (depending on the applied temperature bias) are bounded by two constraints. The derived bounds are related to the dissipated heat and the absorbed energy neede to establish and deplete the temperature bias, thus providing a thermodynamic and energetic constraint on the tunneling rates.
Except for the restriction to the tunneling regime, our results are valid for arbitrary Hamiltonians of the two subsystems, that can include generic many-body interactions. The derived bounds thus apply to a large class of systems, such as molecular junctions and coupled cavities, and can be tested by measuring the out-of-equilibrium tunneling current and its fluctuations.
Based on: arXiv:2409.00981
Keywords: Quantum transport; Quantum thermodynamics; Noise in mesoscopic systems; Nonequilibrium quantum systems