--- res: bibo_abstract: - There is currently significant interest in operating devices in the quantum regime, where their behaviour cannot be explained through classical mechanics. Quantum states, including entangled states, are fragile and easily disturbed by excessive thermal noise. Here we address the question of whether it is possible to create non-reciprocal devices that encourage the flow of thermal noise towards or away from a particular quantum device in a network. Our work makes use of the cascaded systems formalism to answer this question in the affirmative, showing how a three-port device can be used as an effective thermal transistor, and illustrates how this formalism maps onto an experimentally-realisable optomechanical system. Our results pave the way to more resilient quantum devices and to the use of thermal noise as a resource.@eng bibo_authorlist: - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: André foaf_name: Xuereb, André foaf_surname: Xuereb - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Matteo foaf_name: Aquilina, Matteo foaf_surname: Aquilina - foaf_Person: foaf_givenName: Shabir foaf_name: Barzanjeh, Shabir foaf_surname: Barzanjeh foaf_workInfoHomepage: http://www.librecat.org/personId=2D25E1F6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 orcid: 0000-0003-0415-1423 bibo_doi: 10.1117/12.2309928 bibo_volume: 10672 dct_date: 2018^xs_gYear dct_identifier: - UT:000453298500019 dct_language: eng dct_publisher: SPIE@ dct_title: Routing thermal noise through quantum networks@ ...