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We consider the CAB\/TTB being ensemble of coherent\/thermal two-level atoms (TLAs), and within the framework of collision model investigate the characteristics of steady heat current (also called target heat current (THC)) between the system and the TTB. It demonstrates that with the help of the quantum coherence of ancillae the magnitude and direction of heat current can be controlled only by adjusting the coupling strength of system-CAB. Meanwhile, we also show that the influences of quantum coherence of ancillae on the heat current strongly depend on the coupling strength of system\u2014CAB, and the THC becomes positively\/negatively correlated with the coherence magnitude of ancillae when the coupling strength below\/over some critical value. Besides, the system with the CAB could serve as a multifunctional device integrating the thermal functions of heat amplifier, suppressor, switcher and refrigerator, while with thermal auxiliary bath it can only work as a thermal suppressor. Our work provides a new perspective for the design of multifunctional thermal device utilizing the resource of quantum coherence from the CAB.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/e23091183","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,8]],"date-time":"2021-09-08T10:12:03Z","timestamp":1631095923000},"page":"1183","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":6,"title":["Heat Modulation on Target Thermal Bath via Coherent Auxiliary Bath"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"23","author":[{"given":"Wen-Li","family":"Yu","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Computer Science and Technology, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai 264000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tao","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Electronic Engineering, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai 264000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6577-2050","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Hai","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Electronic Engineering, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai 264000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Yun","family":"Zhang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Information and Electronic Engineering, Shandong Technology and Business University, Yantai 264000, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4127-8688","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Jian","family":"Zou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"School of Physics, Beijing Institute of Technology, Beijing 100081, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Ying-Dan","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Institute of Theoretical Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"},{"name":"School of Physical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, No. 19A Yuquan Road, Beijing 100049, China"},{"name":"Synergetic Innovation Center for Quantum Effects and Applications, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China"},{"name":"CAS Center for Excellence in Topological Quantum Computation, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2021,9,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"062134","DOI":"10.1103\/PhysRevE.93.062134","article-title":"Periodic thermodynamics of open quantum systems","volume":"93","author":"Brandner","year":"2016","journal-title":"Phys. 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