{"title":"Fundamental limit of phonon Tesla valve for heat rectification from first principles.","authors":"Huan Wu, Yongjie Hu","doi":"10.1103/bgr6-wryy","DOIUrl":"10.1103/bgr6-wryy","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Directional control of heat remains a central challenge for energy conversion, waste-heat utilization, and thermal management, as existing thermal rectifiers exhibit low efficiency or operate only at cryogenic temperatures. Here we demonstrate giant phonon rectification in solid-state \"phonon Tesla valves\", inspired by Nikola Tesla's fluidic one-way valve but governed by fundamentally different transport physics. Using <i>ab initio</i> Boltzmann transport simulations with full scattering matrices, we show that hydrodynamic phonon transport in graphite coupled with asymmetric valve geometry produces strong forward-backward contrast in phonon relaxation. Single-stage devices achieve rectification ratios of up to approximately 8, while multistage configurations reach ratios of approximately 16, far exceeding those of prior thermal diodes. The rectification mechanism originates from asymmetric relaxation of nonequilibrium phonons at diffusive boundaries, in contrast to inertia-driven fluid Tesla valves. These results examine the performance limits of phonon Tesla valves and establish a platform for directional heat control and highlight the unique potential of hydrodynamic phonons for thermal information processing and energy technologies.</p>","PeriodicalId":20109,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review Applied","volume":"25 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13353512/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148423294","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Thomas Kroll, Margaret Doyle, Aliaksei Halavanau, Thomas M Linker, Joshua Everts, Yurina Michine, Franklin D Fuller, Clemens Weninger, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Claudio Pellegrini, Andrei Benediktovitch, Makina Yabashi, Ichiro Inoue, Yuichi Inubushi, Taito Osaka, Toru Hara, Jumpei Yamada, Jan Kern, Junko Yano, Vittal K Yachandra, Nina Rohringer, Hitoki Yoneda, Uwe Bergmann
{"title":"Multiplet lines in seeded stimulated Mn <i>Kα</i> <sub>1</sub> x-ray emission.","authors":"Thomas Kroll, Margaret Doyle, Aliaksei Halavanau, Thomas M Linker, Joshua Everts, Yurina Michine, Franklin D Fuller, Clemens Weninger, Roberto Alonso-Mori, Claudio Pellegrini, Andrei Benediktovitch, Makina Yabashi, Ichiro Inoue, Yuichi Inubushi, Taito Osaka, Toru Hara, Jumpei Yamada, Jan Kern, Junko Yano, Vittal K Yachandra, Nina Rohringer, Hitoki Yoneda, Uwe Bergmann","doi":"10.1103/b13n-djsx","DOIUrl":"10.1103/b13n-djsx","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report the successful resolution of the multiplet structure of <i>Kα</i> <sub>1</sub> x-ray emission in manganese (Mn) complexes through seeded stimulated x-ray emission spectroscopy (seeded S-XES). Using a femtosecond pump pulse above the Mn <i>K</i> edge to generate simultaneous 1<i>s</i> core holes, and a second-color tunable seed pulse to initiate the stimulated emission process, we were able to enhance individual lines within the <i>Kα</i> <sub>1</sub> emission. This approach allows to resolve the fine multiplet features that are obscured by lifetime broadening in conventional (spontaneous) Mn <i>Kα</i> XES. The work builds on our previous observation that S-XES from Mn(II) and Mn(VII) complexes pumped at high intensities can exhibit stimulated emission without sacrificing the chemical sensitivity to oxidation states. This technique opens the door to controlled high-resolution electronic structure spectroscopy in transition-metal complexes beyond the core-hole lifetime, with potential applications in catalysis, inorganic chemistry, and materials science.</p>","PeriodicalId":20109,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review Applied","volume":"25 5","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-05-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13465953/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"148726169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Active compensation of the AC Stark shift in a two-photon rubidium optical frequency reference using power modulation.","authors":"Yorick Andeweg, John Kitching, Matthew T Hummon","doi":"10.1103/25md-vv43","DOIUrl":"10.1103/25md-vv43","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We implement a feedback protocol to suppress the AC Stark shift in a two-photon rubidium optical frequency reference, reducing its sensitivity to optical power variations by a factor of 1000. This method alleviates the tradeoff between short-term and long-term stability imposed by the AC Stark shift, enabling us to simultaneously achieve instabilities of 3 × 10<sup>-14</sup> at 1 s and 2 × 10<sup>-14</sup> at 10<sup>4</sup> s. We also quantitatively describe, and experimentally explore, a stability limit imposed on clocks using this method by frequency noise on the local oscillator.</p>","PeriodicalId":20109,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review Applied","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC13147511/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147841643","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
L. Howe, A. Giachero, M. Vissers, P. Campana, J. Wheeler, J. Gao, J. Austermann, J. Hubmayr, A. Nucciotti, J. Ullom
{"title":"Kinetic inductance traveling-wave parametric amplifiers near the quantum limit: Methodology and characterization","authors":"L. Howe, A. Giachero, M. Vissers, P. Campana, J. Wheeler, J. Gao, J. Austermann, J. Hubmayr, A. Nucciotti, J. Ullom","doi":"10.1103/yg71-j2dn","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/yg71-j2dn","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20109,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review Applied","volume":"25 4","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2026-02-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147920906","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Thermally modulated <i>SINIS</i> transconductance amplifier","authors":"G. Trupiano, G. De Simoni, F. Giazotto","doi":"10.1103/cz4n-rh4r","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1103/cz4n-rh4r","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":20109,"journal":{"name":"Physical Review Applied","volume":"25 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2025-12-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"147880510","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"物理与天体物理","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}