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This paper introduces a nonperturbative, non-Markovian dissipaton-based quantum approach to calculate heat current between a locally coupled probe and an infinite one-dimensional molecular chain. The method leverages dissipaton algebra to derive hierarchically coupled equations of motion for dissipaton moments, accounting for higher-order chain-probe interactions. Numerical experiments reveal the influence of temperature, frequency, onsite energy modification, and higher-order couplings on heat transport within the system.
Forget perturbation theory: this dissipaton-based approach efficiently models heat transport in locally probed systems with strong many-body effects.
We study a system consisting of an infinite one-dimensional molecular chain and a locally coupled probe. Starting from the Hamiltonian of the chain-probe composite and the corresponding spectral densities, we evaluate the heat current between the probe and the chain. For this purpose, we develop a dissipaton-based quantum approach that is fully nonperturbative and non-Markovian. The dissipaton algebra yields a set of hierarchically coupled equations of motion for the dissipaton moments, with cross-tier connections in an iterative manner if higher-order chain-probe interactions are included. Numerical results demonstrate the effects of temperature, frequency, onsite energy modification and higher-order couplings on heat transport. This work provides a general framework for thermal transport and other properties in locally probed systems and can be straightforwardly extended to higher-dimensional materials and electronic transport problems with strong many-body effects.
