Heat-flow allocator based on a triple quantum dot.

Zhang, Yanchao · Phys Rev E · 2020

basic_science · Level V

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Abstract

We theoretically propose a simple setup based on a three-terminal triple quantum dot in the Coulomb blockade regime as a heat-flow allocator to spatially separate heat flow along two different channels at arbitrary proportion. We show that a constant output heat-flow ratio can be obtained in a wide range of system parameters, and any ratio of the output heat flow, whether it is an integer ratio or a fractional ratio, can be obtained by directly adjusting the ratio of the energy-dependent tunneling rate.