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Quantum heat engines and refrigerators

Known as: Quantum absorption refrigerator, Quantum refrigerators, Quantum heat engines 
A quantum heat engine is a device that generates power from the heat flow between hot and cold reservoirs. The operation mechanism of the engine can… Expand
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2017
2017
From quantum heat engines to laser cooling: Floquet theory beyond the Born–Markov approximation
We combine the formalisms of Floquet theory and full counting statistics with a Markovian embedding strategy to access the… Expand
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2016
2016
Scaling-Up Quantum Heat Engines Efficiently via Shortcuts to Adiabaticity
The finite-time operation of a quantum heat engine that uses a single particle as a working medium generally increases the output… Expand
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2016
2016
Quantum heat engine based on photon-assisted Cooper pair tunneling
We propose and analyze a simple mesoscopic quantum heat engine that exhibits both high power and high efficiency. The system… Expand
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2016
2016
Realising a quantum absorption refrigerator with an atom-cavity system
An autonomous quantum thermal machine comprising a trapped atom or ion placed inside an optical cavity is proposed and analysed… Expand
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2015
Highly Cited
2015
Nonequilibrium fluctuations in quantum heat engines: Theory, example, and possible solid state experiments
We study stochastic energetic exchanges in quantum heat engines. Due to microreversibility, these obey a fluctuation relation… Expand
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2015
Highly Cited
2015
Equivalence of Quantum Heat Machines, and Quantum-Thermodynamic Signatures
Heat machines on the atomic scale are surprisingly similar to their macroscopic classical counterparts. Theorists show that all… Expand
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2014
2014
Fluctuation relation for quantum heat engines and refrigerators
At the very foundation of the second law of thermodynamics lies the fact that no heat engine operating between two reservoirs of… Expand
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2014
2014
Efficiency of heat engines coupled to nonequilibrium reservoirs
We consider quantum heat engines that operate between nonequilibrium stationary reservoirs. We evaluate their maximum efficiency… Expand
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2006
Highly Cited
2006
Irreversible performance of a quantum harmonic heat engine
The unavoidable irreversible loss of power in a heat engine is found to be of quantum origin. Following thermodynamic tradition… Expand
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2000
2000
Quantum mechanical Carnot engine
A cyclic thermodynamic heat engine runs most efficiently if it is reversible. Carnot constructed such a reversible heat engine by… Expand
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