Laboratoire de Physique et Modélisation des Milieux Condensés

Guillaume Forestier, Mathias Solana, Cécile Naud, A. D. Wieck, François Lefloch, Robert S. Whitney, David Carpentier, Laurent P. Lévy, Laurent Saminadayar

Physical Review B 102, 024206 (2020)

Quantifying nonequlibrium thermodynamic operations in a multi-terminal mesoscopic system

Fatemeh Hajiloo, Rafael Sanchez, Robert S. Whitney, Janine Splettstoesser

Physical Review B 102, 155405 (2020)
arXiv:2008.01791

Publications 2019

Signature of the transition to a bound state in thermoelectric quantum transport

Etienne Jussiau, Masahiro Hasegawa, Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review B 100, 115411 (2019)
arXiv:1811.11550

Adiabatic almost-topological fractional charge pumping in a non-interacting quantum dot

Masahiro Hasegawa, Etienne Jussiau, Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review B 100, 125420 (2019)
arXiv:1904.06488

Non-equilibrium system as a demon

Rafael Sanchez, Janine Splettstoesser, Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review Letters 123, 216801 (2019)
arXiv:1811.02453

Thermoelectric coefficients and the figure of merit for large open quantum dots

Robert S. Whitney, Keiji Saito

SciPost Physics 6 (1), 012 (2019)
arXiv:1805.05166

Publications 2018

Non-Markovian quantum thermodynamics: Laws and fluctuation theorems

Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review B 98 (8), 085415 (2018)
arXiv:1611.00670

Quantum thermodynamics of nanoscale thermoelectrics and electronic devices

Robert S. Whitney, Rafael Sanchez, Janine Splettstoesser

This review is a chapter in the book "Thermodynamics in the Quantum Regime" (Springer), 175-206 (2018)
arXiv:1805.04297

Publications 2017

Fundamental aspects of steady-state conversion of heat to work at the nanoscale

Giuliano Benenti, Giulio Casati, Keiji Saito, Robert S. Whitney

Physics Reports 694, 1--124 (2017)
arXiv:1608.05595

Publications 2016

Quantum coherent three-terminal thermoelectrics: maximum efficiency at given power output

Robert S. Whitney

Entropy 18 (6), 208 (2016)
arXiv:1603.09216

Thermoelectricity without absorbing energy from the heat sources

Robert S. Whitney, Rafael Sanchez, Federica Haupt, Janine Splettstoesser

Physica E 75, 257--265 (2016)
arXiv:1508.04368

Publications 2015

Finding the quantum thermoelectric with maximal efficiency and minimal entropy production at given power output

Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review B 91, 115425 (2015)
arXiv:1408.3348

Publications 2014

Most efficient quantum thermoelectric at finite power output

Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review Letters 112, 130601 (2014)
arXiv:1306.0826

Publications 2013

Thermodynamic and quantum bounds on nonlinear dc thermoelectric transport

Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review B 87, 115404 (2013)
arXiv:1211.4737

Nonlinear thermoelectricity in point-contacts at pinch-off: a catastrophe aids cooling

Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review B 88, 064302 (2013)
arXiv:1208.6130

Size Independence of Statistics for Boundary Collisions of Random Walks and Its Implications for Spin-Polarized Gases

Dominique Bicout, Efim Kats, Alexander K. Petukhov, Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review Letters 110, 010602 (2013)
arXiv:1112.4817

Publications 2012

Onsager Relations in Coupled Electric, Thermoelectric and Spin Transport: The Ten-Fold Way

Philippe Jacquod, Robert S. Whitney, Jonathan Meair, Markus Buttiker

Physical Review B 86, 155118 (2012)
arXiv:1207.1629

Publications 2011

Temperature can enhance coherent oscillations at a Landau-Zener transition

Robert S. Whitney, Maxime Clusel, Timothy Ziman

Physical Review Letters 107, 210402 (2011)
arXiv:1104.0169

Publications 2010

Coherent Thermoelectric Effects in Mesoscopic Andreev Interferometers █

Philippe Jacquod, Robert S. Whitney

Europhysics Letters 91, 67009 (2010)
arXiv:0910.2943

Effect of imperfections on the tunneling enhancement phenomenon in symmetric double quantum dots █

M. Totaro, Paolo Marconcini, D. Logoteta, Massimo Macucci, Robert S. Whitney

Journal of Applied Physics 107, 043708 (2010)

Suppression of non-adiabatic phases by a non-Markovian environment: Easier observation of Berry phases █

Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review A 81, 032108 (2010)
arXiv:0806.4897

Publications 2009

Poor qubits make for rich physics: noise-induced quantum Zeno effects and noise-induced Berry phases █

Robert S. Whitney

AIP Conference Proceedings 1129, 469 (2009)
arXiv:0906.2368

Semiclassical transport in nearly symmetric quantum dots. II. Symmetry breaking due to asymmetric leads █

Robert S. Whitney, Henning Schomerus, Marten Kopp

Physical Review E 80, 056210 (2009)
arXiv:0906.0892

Semiclassical transport in nearly symmetric quantum dots. I. Symmetry breaking in the dot █

Robert S. Whitney, Henning Schomerus, Marten Kopp

Physical Review E 80, 056209 (2009)
arXiv:0906.0891

Huge Conductance Peak Caused by Symmetry in Double Quantum Dots █

Robert S. Whitney, Paolo Marconcini, Massimo Macucci

Physical Review Letters 102, 186802 (2009)
arXiv:0902.3099

Controlling the sign of magnetoconductance in Andreev quantum dots █

Robert S. Whitney, Philippe Jacquod

Physical Review Letters 103, 247002 (2009)
arXiv:0908.0666

Publications 2008

Staying positive: going beyond Lindblad with perturbative master equations █

Robert S. Whitney

Journal of Physics A : Mathematical and Theoretical 41, 175304 (2008)
arXiv:0711.0074

Dephasing in quantum chaotic transport: A semiclassical approach █

Robert S. Whitney, Philippe Jacquod, Cyril Petitjean

Physical Review B 77, 045315 (2008)
arXiv:0710.5137

Towards a dephasing diode: Asymmetric and geometric dephasing █

Robert S. Whitney, Alexander Shnirman, Yuval Gefen

Physical Review Letters 100, 126806 (2008)
arXiv:0709.1381

Publications 2007

Dephasing in the semiclassical limit is system-dependent █

Cyril Petitjean, Philippe Jacquod, Robert S. Whitney

JETP Letters 86, 647--651 (2007)
arXiv:cond-mat/0612118

Suppression of weak localization and enhancement of noise by tunneling in semiclassical chaotic transport █

Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review B 75, 235404 (2007)
arXiv:cond-mat/0612122

Shot-noise of quantum chaotic systems in the classical limit █

Robert S. Whitney

Proc. of SPIE 6600, 66000R (2007)
arXiv:0710.1214

OVERVIEW OF SOME EARLIER WORKS - Conf. Proc. "SPIE Conference on Fluctuations and Noise (2007)"

Publications 2006

Berry phase with environment: classical versus quantum █

Robert S. Whitney, Yuryi Makhlin, Alexander Shnirman, Yuval Gefen

NATO science series II: mathematics, physics and chemistry 230, 9 (2006)
arXiv:cond-mat/0401376

CONF. PROC.

Semiclassical theory of quantum chaotic transport: Phase-space splitting, coherent backscattering, and weak localization █

Philippe Jacquod, Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review B 73, 195115 (2006)
arXiv:0512662

Shot noise in semiclassical chaotic cavities █

Robert S. Whitney, Philippe Jacquod

Physical Review Letters 96, 206804 (2006)
arXiv:cond-mat/0512516

Publications 2005

Suppression of Shot-Noise in Quantum Cavities: Chaos vs. Disorder █

Philippe Jacquod, Robert S. Whitney

AIP Conf. Proc. 800, 225 (2005)
arXiv:cond-mat/0506440

CONF. PROC.

Geometric nature of the environment-induced Berry phase and geometric dephasing █

Robert S. Whitney, Yuryi Makhlin, Alexander Shnirman, Yuval Gefen

Physical Review Letters 94, 070407 (2005)
arXiv:cond-mat/0405267

Microscopic theory for the quantum to classical crossover in chaotic transport █

Robert S. Whitney, Philippe Jacquod

Physical Review Letters 94, 116801 (2005)
arXiv:cond-mat/0408487

Publications 2003

Form factor for a family of quantum graphs: an expansion to third order █

Gregory Berkolaiko, Holger Schanz, Robert S. Whitney

Journal of Physics A : Mathematical and General 36, 8373 (2003)
arXiv:nlin/0205014

Berry phase in a nonisolated system █

Robert S. Whitney, Yuval Gefen

Physical Review Letters 90, 190402 (2003)
arXiv:cond-mat/0208141

Publications 2002

Leading off-diagonal correction to the form factor of large graphs █

Gregory Berkolaiko, Holger Schanz, Robert S. Whitney

Physical Review Letters 88, 104101 (2002)
arXiv:nlin/0107056

Publications 1999

Can the trace formula describe weak localization? █

Robert S. Whitney, Igor V. Lerner, Robert A. Smith

Waves in Random Media 9, 179--200 (1999)
arXiv:cond-mat/9902328