Low-temperature linear thermal rectifiers based on Coriolis forces

Suwun Suwunnarat; Huanan Li; Ragnar Fleischmann; Tsampikos Kottos

Low-temperature linear thermal rectifiers based on Coriolis forces

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Abstract

We investigate thermal rectification due to a Coriolis force in a setup of three-terminal symmetric harmonic junctions. By adjusting the angular velocity of the rotating platform, which induces a Coriolis force, we can control the preferred heat transport direction. The concept is demonstrated by using a simple three-terminal triangular lattice.

^*This work was partly sponsored by an AFOSR MURI Grant No. FA9550-14-1-0037, and by an NSF Grant No. DMR- 1306984.

Authors

Suwun Suwunnarat
- Wesleyan Univ
- Department of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA
Huanan Li
- Wesleyan University
- Department of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA
Ragnar Fleischmann
- Max Planck Institute for Dynamics and Self-organization (MPIDS), 37077 Gottingen, Germany
Tsampikos Kottos
- Wesleyan University
- Wesleyan Univ
- Department of Physics, Wesleyan University, Middletown, Connecticut 06459, USA