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Expuesto el: viernes, 23 de marzo de 2012 14:00
Autor: B. Cleuren, B. Rutten, and C. Van den Broeck
Asunto: Cooling by Heating: Refrigeration Powered by Photons
| Author(s): B. Cleuren, B. Rutten, and C. Van den Broeck
[Phys. Rev. Lett. 108, 120603] Published Fri Mar 23, 2012 |
We propose a new mechanism for refrigeration powered by photons. We identify the strong coupling regime for which maximum efficiency is achieved. In this case, the cooling flux is proportional to T in the low temperature limit T→0.