Reciprocity of thermal diffusion in time-modulated systems

The use of time modulation to break reciprocity is well understood for light, sound or charge diffusion, but it’s unclear whether it can work for thermal diffusion. Here, the authors answer in the negative by analysing diffusive processes under time modulation, and giving numerical and experimental...

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Main Authors: Jiaxin Li, Ying Li, Pei-Chao Cao, Minghong Qi, Xu Zheng, Yu-Gui Peng, Baowen Li, Xue-Feng Zhu, Andrea Alù, Hongsheng Chen, Cheng-Wei Qiu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2022-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-27903-3