A polaron theory of quantum thermal transistor in nonequilibrium three-level systems
Wang Chen1, †, Xu Da-Zhi2, ‡
       

Steady state heat currents (a) Jl/γ, (b) Jm/γ, and (c) Jr/γ as a function of the coupling strength αm. The red circles are based on the Redfield scheme; the blue squares are based on the nonequilibrium noninteracting blip approximation (NIBA); the black solid line is calculated from the nonequilibrium polaron-transformed Redfield approach. The other parameters are given as εl = 1.0, εr = 0.6, Δ = 0.6, γ = 0.0002, ωc = 10, Tl = 2, Tm = 1.2, and Tr = 0.4.