title: Onsager Coefficients in Periodically Driven Systems.
abstract: We evaluate the Onsager matrix for a system under time-periodic driving by considering all its Fourier components. By application of the second law, we prove that all the fluxes converge to zero in the limit of zero dissipation. Reversible efficiency can never be reached at finite power. The implication for an Onsager matrix, describing reduced fluxes, is that its determinant has to vanish. In the particular case of only two fluxes, the corresponding Onsager matrix becomes symmetric.
authors.affiliation: Hasselt University, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Karel
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Proesmans
authors.affiliation: Hasselt University, B-3590 Diepenbeek, Belgium.
authors.forename: Christian
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Van den Broeck