Ratchet for energy transport between identical reservoirs.
A one-dimensional periodic array of elastically colliding hard points, with a noncentrosymmetric unit cell, connected at its two ends to identical but nonthermal energy reservoirs, is shown to carry a sustained unidirectional energy current.
Das
Souvik
S
St. Stephen's College, University Enclave, Delhi 110 007, India. souvik@vsnl.com
Narayan
Onuttom
O
Ramaswamy
Sriram
S