Symmetry and environment effects on rectification mechanisms in quantum pumps
Abstract
We consider a paradigmatic model of quantum pumps and discuss its rectification properties in the framework of a symmetry analysis proposed for ratchet systems. We discuss the role of the environment in breaking time-reversal symmetry and the possibility of a finite directed current in the Hamiltonian limit of annular systems.
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