Quantum Ratchets
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- Yukawa Satoshi
- Department of Applied Physics, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo 113
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- Kikuchi Macoto
- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560
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- Tatara Gen
- Department of Earth and Space Science, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560
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- Matsukawa Hiroshi
- Department of Physics, Osaka University, Toyonaka 560
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Abstract
The concept of thermal ratchets is extended to the system governed by quantum mechanics. We study a tight-binding model with an asymmetric periodic potential contacting with a heat bath under an external oscillating field as a specific example of quantum ratchet. The dynamics of a density operator of this system are studied numerically using the quantum Liouville equation. The finite net current is found in the nonequilibrium steady state, which originates from purely quantum mechanical effects. The direction of the current varies with parameters, in contrast with the classical thermal ratchets.
Journal
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- Journal of the Physical Society of Japan
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Journal of the Physical Society of Japan 66 (10), 2953-2956, 1997
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- CRID
- 1390001204181456896
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- NII Article ID
- 210000100387
- 110001970205
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- NII Book ID
- AA00704814
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- BIBCODE
- 1997JPSJ...66.2953Y
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- ISSN
- 13474073
- 00319015
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- MRID
- 1488852
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- NDL BIB ID
- 4337778
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- Text Lang
- en
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- Data Source
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- JaLC
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