Beautiful Circuits (IMAGE)

Harvard John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences

Beautiful Circuits

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"The key is in these beautiful circuit diagrams," says Capasso. The three diode-resistor generator circuits shown have different temperature inputs. A circuit at thermal equilibrium (A) generates no current; (B) is a conventional rectifier circuit. The Harvard team proposes a twist—shown in (C).

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Image courtesy of Federico Capasso and PNAS.

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