Efficiency Statistics and Bounds for Systems with Broken Time-Reversal Symmetry
Jian-Hua Jiang1,2, Bijay Kumar Agarwalla3, Dvira Segal3
1Department of Physics, Soochow University, 1 Shizi Street, Suzhou 215006, China.
Abstract:
Universal properties of the statistics of stochastic efficiency for mesoscopic time-reversal symmetry broken energy transducers are revealed in the Gaussian approximation. We also discuss how the second law of thermodynamics restricts the statistics of stochastic efficiency. The tight-coupling limit becomes unfavorable, characterized by an infinitely broad distribution of efficiency at all times, when time-reversal symmetry breaking leads to an asymmetric Onsager response matrix. The underlying physics is demonstrated through the quantum Hall effect and further elaborated in a triple-quantum-dot three-terminal thermoelectric engine.
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