thermoratchet

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thermoratchet (plural thermoratchets)

(physics) A device or system that changes temperature in one direction only
- 2015, P. Olbrich, J. Kamann, M. König, J. Munzert, L. Tutsch, J. Eroms, D.Weiss, Ming-Hao Liu, L.E. Golub, E.L. Ivchenko, V.V.Popov, D.V. Fateev, K.V. Mashinsky, F. Fromm, Th. Seyller, S.D. Ganichev, “Terahertz ratchet effects in graphene with a lateral superlattice”, in arXiv‎^[1]:
  The ratchet photocurrent includes the Seebeck thermoratchet effect as well as the effects of "linear" and "circular" ratchets, sensitive to the corresponding polarization of the driving electromagnetic force.