Quantum heat engines based on electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometers
Quantum heat engines based on electronic Mach-Zehnder interferometers
We theoretically investigate the thermoelectric properties of heat engines based on Mach-Zehnder interferometers. The energy dependence of the transmission amplitudes in such setups arises from a difference in the interferometer arm lengths. Any thermoelectric response is thus of purely quantum mechanical origin. In addition to an experimentally established three-terminal setup, …