Graph theoretic analysis of three-terminal quantum dot thermocouples: Onsager relations and spin-thermoelectric effects

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16548v3
• Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 07:16:47 GMT
• Title: Graph theoretic analysis of three-terminal quantum dot thermocouples: Onsager relations and spin-thermoelectric effects
• Authors: Nikhil Gupt, Shuvadip Ghosh, Arnab Ghosh,
• Abstract summary: We map the Lindblad master equation onto a quantum transition network, capturing the key working principles for both reciprocal effects. Our analysis reveals quantum thermodynamic networks encompassing both Coulomb interaction and spin-flipping processes, lead to the emergence of spin-thermolectric effects. This underscores the universal generality of thermodynamic principles across classical and quantum realms.
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• Abstract: We introduce a simplified model for a three-terminal quantum thermocouple consisting of two strongly-coupled quantum dots. To elucidate spin-dependent Seebeck and Peltier effects, we employ a microscopic Hamiltonian and map the Lindblad master equation onto a quantum transition network, capturing the key working principles for both reciprocal effects. Our analysis reveals quantum thermodynamic networks encompassing both Coulomb interaction and spin-flipping processes, lead to the emergence of spin-thermolectric effects. Using algebraic graph theory, we recover the phenomenological law of irreversible thermodynamics from the stochastic version of the entropy production rate expressed in terms of cycle flux and cycle forces. Remarkably, Onsager reciprocity and Kelvin relation for transport coefficients find their premises in the properties of cycle flux trajectories within the quantum transition network. This underscores the universal generality of thermodynamic principles across classical and quantum realms, despite their fundamentally different basis from classical laws of irreversible thermodynamics relying on local equilibrium assumptions.

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