Energy Transduction in Periodically Driven Non-Hermitian Systems
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- 6 November 2000
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Physical Society (APS) in Physical Review Letters
- Vol. 85 (19) , 3995-3998
- https://doi.org/10.1103/physrevlett.85.3995
Abstract
We show a new mechanism to extract energy from nonequilibrium fluctuations typical of periodically driven non-Hermitian systems. The transduction of energy between the driving force and the system is revealed by an anomalous behavior of the susceptibility, leading to a diminution of the dissipated power and consequently to an improvement of the transport properties. The general framework is illustrated by the analysis of some relevant cases.All Related Versions
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