2016/04/30 by Karel Proesmans, Bart Cleuren, Christian Van den Broeck · 1 citation
Physics and Astronomy · #cond-mat.stat-mech #cond-mat.mes-hall
paper · pdf · doi:10.1103/physrevlett.116.220601
published as Phys. Rev. Lett. 116, 220601 (2016)
arxiv created 2016/05/13 · arxiv updated 2016/06/08
We derive general relations between maximum power, maximum efficiency, and minimum dissipation regimes from linear irreversible thermodynamics. The relations simplify further in the presence of a particular symmetry of the Onsager matrix, which can be derived from detailed balance. The results are illustrated on a periodically driven system and a three terminal device subject to an external magnetic field.