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Phononics: Manipulating heat flow with electronic analogs and beyond
Nianbei Li, Jie Ren, Lei Wang +3
The form of energy termed heat that typically derives from lattice vibrations, i.e. the phonons, is usually considered as waste energy and, moreover, deleterious to information pro…
Thermal memory: a storage of phononic information
Lei Wang, Baowen Li
Memory is an indispensable element for computer besides logic gates. In this Letter we report a model of thermal memory. We demonstrate via numerical simulation that thermal (phono…
Thermal transistor: Heat flux switching and modulating
Wei Chung Lo, Lei Wang, Baowen Li
Thermal transistor is an efficient heat control device which can act as a heat switch as well as a heat modulator. In this paper, we study systematically one-dimensional and two-di…
Thermal Logic Gates: Computation with phonons
Lei Wang, Baowen Li
Logic gates are basic digital elements for computers. We build up thermal logic gates that can perform similar operations as their electronic counterparts. The thermal logic gates…
Thermal rectification and negative differential thermal resistance in lattices with mass gradient
Nuo Yang, Nianbei Li, Lei Wang +1
We study thermal properties of one dimensional(1D) harmonic and anharmonic lattices with mass gradient. It is found that the temperature gradient can be built up in the 1D harmonic…
The ratchet effect and the transporting islands in the chaotic sea
Lei Wang, Giuliano Benenti, Giulio Casati +1
We study directed transport in a classical deterministic dissipative system. We consider the generic case of mixed phase space and show that large ratchet currents can be generated…