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arXiv:1408.5182 · Progress of Theoretical and Experimental Physics

Non-adiabatic effect in quantum pumping for a spin-boson system

K. L. Watanabe, H. Hayakawa

Published Nov 17, 2014• 20 citations
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Abstract

We clarify the role of non-adiabatic effects in quantum pumping for a spin-boson system. When we sinusoidally control the temperatures of two reservoirs with |$\pi /2$| phase difference, we find that the pumping current strongly depends on the initial condition, and thus, the current deviates from that predicted by the adiabatic treatment. We also analytically obtain the contribution of non-adiabatic effects in the pumping current proportional to |$\Omega ^3$|⁠, where |$\Omega$| is the angular frequency of the temperature control. The validity of the analytic expression is verified by our numerical calculation. Moreover, we extend the steady heat fluctuation theorem to the case for slowly modulated temperatures and large transferred energies.

DOI
10.1093/ptep/ptu149

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