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Wang Z, Ren J. Thermodynamic Geometry of Nonequilibrium Fluctuations in Cyclically Driven Transport. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2024; 132:207101. [PMID: 38829089 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.132.207101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2023] [Revised: 09/06/2023] [Accepted: 04/11/2024] [Indexed: 06/05/2024]
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Nonequilibrium thermal machines under cyclic driving generally outperform steady-state counterparts. However, there is still lack of coherent understanding of versatile transport and fluctuation features under time modulations. Here, we formulate a theoretical framework of thermodynamic geometry in terms of full counting statistics of nonequilibrium driven transports. We find that, besides the conventional dynamic and adiabatic geometric curvature contributions, the generating function is also divided into an additional nonadiabatic contribution, manifested as the metric term of full counting statistics. This nonadiabatic metric generalizes recent results of thermodynamic geometry in near-equilibrium entropy production to far-from-equilibrium fluctuations of general currents. Furthermore, the framework proves geometric thermodynamic uncertainty relations of near-adiabatic thermal devices, constraining fluctuations in terms of statistical metric quantities and thermodynamic length. We exemplify the theory in experimentally accessible driving-induced quantum chiral transport and Brownian heat pump.
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- Zi Wang
- Center for Phononics and Thermal Energy Science, China-EU Joint Lab on Nanophononics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Center for Phononics and Thermal Energy Science, China-EU Joint Lab on Nanophononics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, School of Physics Science and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Erdman PA, Noé F. Model-free optimization of power/efficiency tradeoffs in quantum thermal machines using reinforcement learning. PNAS NEXUS 2023; 2:pgad248. [PMID: 37593201 PMCID: PMC10427747 DOI: 10.1093/pnasnexus/pgad248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Revised: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 08/19/2023]
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A quantum thermal machine is an open quantum system that enables the conversion between heat and work at the micro or nano-scale. Optimally controlling such out-of-equilibrium systems is a crucial yet challenging task with applications to quantum technologies and devices. We introduce a general model-free framework based on reinforcement learning to identify out-of-equilibrium thermodynamic cycles that are Pareto optimal tradeoffs between power and efficiency for quantum heat engines and refrigerators. The method does not require any knowledge of the quantum thermal machine, nor of the system model, nor of the quantum state. Instead, it only observes the heat fluxes, so it is both applicable to simulations and experimental devices. We test our method on a model of an experimentally realistic refrigerator based on a superconducting qubit, and on a heat engine based on a quantum harmonic oscillator. In both cases, we identify the Pareto-front representing optimal power-efficiency tradeoffs, and the corresponding cycles. Such solutions outperform previous proposals made in the literature, such as optimized Otto cycles, reducing quantum friction.
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- Paolo A Erdman
- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Microsoft Research AI4Science, Karl-Liebknecht Str. 32, 10178 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Physics, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
- Department of Chemistry, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA
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Fadler P, Friedenberger A, Lutz E. Efficiency at Maximum Power of a Carnot Quantum Information Engine. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2023; 130:240401. [PMID: 37390443 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.130.240401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2023] [Indexed: 07/02/2023]
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Optimizing the performance of thermal machines is an essential task of thermodynamics. We here consider the optimization of information engines that convert information about the state of a system into work. We concretely introduce a generalized finite-time Carnot cycle for a quantum information engine and optimize its power output in the regime of low dissipation. We derive a general formula for its efficiency at maximum power valid for arbitrary working media. We further investigate the optimal performance of a qubit information engine subjected to weak energy measurements.
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- Paul Fadler
- Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Department of Physics, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, D-91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Institute for Theoretical Physics I, University of Stuttgart, D-70550 Stuttgart, Germany
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Zhai RX, Cui FM, Ma YH, Sun CP, Dong H. Experimental test of power-efficiency trade-off in a finite-time Carnot cycle. Phys Rev E 2023; 107:L042101. [PMID: 37198805 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.107.l042101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2022] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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The Carnot cycle is a prototype of an ideal heat engine cycle to draw mechanical energy from the heat flux between two thermal baths with the maximum efficiency, dubbed as the Carnot efficiency η_{C}. Such efficiency is reached by thermodynamical equilibrium processes with infinite time, accompanied unavoidably with vanishing power-energy output per unit time. The quest to acquire high power leads to an open question of whether a fundamental maximum efficiency exists for finite-time heat engines with given power. We experimentally implement a finite-time Carnot cycle with sealed dry air as a working substance and verify the existence of a trade-off relation between power and efficiency. Efficiency up to (0.524±0.034)η_{C} is reached for the engine to generate the maximum power, consistent with the theoretical prediction η_{C}/2. Our experimental setup shall provide a platform for studying finite-time thermodynamics consisting of nonequilibrium processes.
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- Ruo-Xun Zhai
- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
- Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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Salamon P, Andresen B, Nulton J, Roach TNF, Rohwer F. More Stages Decrease Dissipation in Irreversible Step Processes. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 25:539. [PMID: 36981427 PMCID: PMC10048515 DOI: 10.3390/e25030539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 03/11/2023] [Accepted: 03/18/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The dissipation in an irreversible step process is reduced when the number of steps is increased in any refinement of the steps in the process. This is a consequence of the ladder theorem, which states that, for any irreversible process proceeding by a sequence of relaxations, dividing any relaxation step into two will result in a new sequence that is more efficient than the original one. This results in a more-steps-the-better rule, even when the new sequence of steps is not reoptimized. This superiority of many steps is well established empirically in, e.g., insulation and separation applications. In particular, the fact that the division of any step into two steps improves the overall efficiency has interesting implications for biological evolution and emphasizes thermodynamic length as a central measure for dissipation.
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- Peter Salamon
- Department of Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA;
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- Niels Bohr Institute, University of Copenhagen, Blegdamsvej 17, DK-2100 Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Mathematics, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA;
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA; (T.N.F.R.); (F.R.)
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- Department of Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA 92182, USA; (T.N.F.R.); (F.R.)
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Arrachea L. Energy dynamics, heat production and heat-work conversion with qubits: toward the development of quantum machines. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2023; 86:036501. [PMID: 36603220 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6633/acb06b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Accepted: 01/05/2023] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We present an overview of recent advances in the study of energy dynamics and mechanisms for energy conversion in qubit systems with special focus on realizations in superconducting quantum circuits. We briefly introduce the relevant theoretical framework to analyze heat generation, energy transport and energy conversion in these systems with and without time-dependent driving considering the effect of equilibrium and non-equilibrium environments. We analyze specific problems and mechanisms under current investigation in the context of qubit systems. These include the problem of energy dissipation and possible routes for its control, energy pumping between driving sources and heat pumping between reservoirs, implementation of thermal machines and mechanisms for energy storage. We highlight the underlying fundamental phenomena related to geometrical and topological properties, as well as many-body correlations. We also present an overview of recent experimental activity in this field.
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- Liliana Arrachea
- Escuela de Ciencia y Tecnología and ICIFI, Universidad de San Martín, Av. 25 de Mayo y Francia, 1650 Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Bhandari B, Czupryniak R, Erdman PA, Jordan AN. Measurement-Based Quantum Thermal Machines with Feedback Control. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 25:204. [PMID: 36832571 PMCID: PMC9955564 DOI: 10.3390/e25020204] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2022] [Revised: 01/13/2023] [Accepted: 01/16/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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We investigated coupled-qubit-based thermal machines powered by quantum measurements and feedback. We considered two different versions of the machine: (1) a quantum Maxwell's demon, where the coupled-qubit system is connected to a detachable single shared bath, and (2) a measurement-assisted refrigerator, where the coupled-qubit system is in contact with a hot and cold bath. In the quantum Maxwell's demon case, we discuss both discrete and continuous measurements. We found that the power output from a single qubit-based device can be improved by coupling it to the second qubit. We further found that the simultaneous measurement of both qubits can produce higher net heat extraction compared to two setups operated in parallel where only single-qubit measurements are performed. In the refrigerator case, we used continuous measurement and unitary operations to power the coupled-qubit-based refrigerator. We found that the cooling power of a refrigerator operated with swap operations can be enhanced by performing suitable measurements.
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- Bibek Bhandari
- Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA
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- Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
- Center for Coherence and Quantum Optics, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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- Department of Mathematics and Computer Science, Freie Universität Berlin, Arnimallee 6, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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- Institute for Quantum Studies, Chapman University, Orange, CA 92866, USA
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY 14627, USA
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Scandi M, Barker D, Lehmann S, Dick KA, Maisi VF, Perarnau-Llobet M. Minimally Dissipative Information Erasure in a Quantum Dot via Thermodynamic Length. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 129:270601. [PMID: 36638287 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.129.270601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Revised: 11/29/2022] [Accepted: 12/12/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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In this Letter, we explore the use of thermodynamic length to improve the performance of experimental protocols. In particular, we implement Landauer erasure on a driven electron level in a semiconductor quantum dot, and compare the standard protocol in which the energy is increased linearly in time with the one coming from geometric optimization. The latter is obtained by choosing a suitable metric structure, whose geodesics correspond to optimal finite-time thermodynamic protocols in the slow driving regime. We show experimentally that geodesic drivings minimize dissipation for slow protocols, with a bigger improvement as one approaches perfect erasure. Moreover, the geometric approach also leads to smaller dissipation even when the time of the protocol becomes comparable with the equilibration timescale of the system, i.e., away from the slow driving regime. Our results also illustrate, in a single-electron device, a fundamental principle of thermodynamic geometry: optimal finite-time thermodynamic protocols are those with constant dissipation rate along the process.
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- Matteo Scandi
- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, Castelldefels, Barcelona 08860, Spain
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- NanoLund and Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- NanoLund and Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- NanoLund and Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
- Centre for Analysis and Synthesis, Lund University, Box 124, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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- NanoLund and Solid State Physics, Lund University, Box 118, 22100 Lund, Sweden
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Zhao XH, Gong ZN, Tu ZC. Low-dissipation engines: Microscopic construction via shortcuts to adiabaticity and isothermality, the optimal relation between power and efficiency. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:064117. [PMID: 36671114 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.064117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/18/2022] [Accepted: 11/27/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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We construct a microscopic model of low-dissipation engines by driving a Brownian particle in a time-dependent harmonic potential. Shortcuts to adiabaticity and shortcuts to isothermality are introduced to realize the adiabatic and isothermal branches in a thermodynamic cycle, respectively. We derive an analytical formula of the efficiency at maximum power with explicit expressions of dissipation coefficients under the optimized protocols. When the relative temperature difference between the two baths in the cycle is insignificant, this expression satisfies the universal law of efficiency at maximum power up to the quadratic term of the Carnot efficiency. For large relative temperature differences, the efficiency at maximum power tends to be 1/2. Furthermore, we analyze the issue of power at any given efficiency for general low-dissipation engines and then obtain the supremum of the power in three limiting cases, respectively. These expressions of maximum power at given efficiency provide the optimal relations between power and efficiency which are tighter than the results in previous references.
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- Xiu-Hua Zhao
- Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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- Department of Physics, Beijing Normal University, Beijing 100875, China
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Kamizaki LP, Bonança MVS, Muniz SR. Performance of optimal linear-response processes in driven Brownian motion far from equilibrium. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:064123. [PMID: 36671193 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.064123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/22/2022] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Considering the paradigmatic driven Brownian motion, we perform extensive numerical analysis on the performance of optimal linear-response processes far from equilibrium. We focus on the overdamped regime where exact optimal processes are known analytically and most experiments operate. This allows us to compare the optimal processes obtained in linear response and address their relevance to experiments using realistic parameter values from experiments with optical tweezers. Our results help assess the accuracy of perturbative methods in calculating the irreversible work for cases where the exact solution might be difficult to access. For that, we present a performance metric comparing the approximate optimal solution to the exact one. Our main result is that optimal linear-response processes can perform surprisingly well, even far from where they were expected.
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- Lucas P Kamizaki
- Instituto de Física 'Gleb Wataghin', Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil.,Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, 13560-970 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física 'Gleb Wataghin', Universidade Estadual de Campinas, 13083-859 Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, 13560-970 São Carlos, São Paulo, Brazil
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Chen JF. Optimizing Brownian heat engine with shortcut strategy. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:054108. [PMID: 36559462 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.054108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2022] [Accepted: 10/20/2022] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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Shortcuts to isothermality provide a powerful method to speed up quasistatic thermodynamic processes within finite-time manipulation. We employ the shortcut strategy to design and optimize Brownian heat engines, and we formulate a geometric description of the energetics with the thermodynamic length. We obtain a tight and reachable bound of the output power for shortcut-driven heat engines. The bound is reached by the optimal shortcut protocol to vary the control parameters with a proper constant velocity of the thermodynamic length. With the shortcut strategy, we optimize the control of Brownian heat engines to achieve the maximum power in the general-damped situation. We also derive the efficiency at the maximum power and the maximum power at the given efficiency for shortcut-driven heat engines.
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- Jin-Fu Chen
- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Chen YH, Chen JF, Fei Z, Quan HT. Microscopic theory of the Curzon-Ahlborn heat engine based on a Brownian particle. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:024105. [PMID: 36109948 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.024105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The Curzon-Ahlborn (CA) efficiency, as the efficiency at the maximum power (EMP) of the endoreversible Carnot engine, has significant impact on finite-time thermodynamics. However, the CA engine is based on many assumptions. In the past few decades, although a lot of efforts have been made, a microscopic theory of the CA engine is still lacking. By adopting the method of the stochastic differential equation of energy, we formulate a microscopic theory of the CA engine realized with a highly underdamped Brownian particle in a class of nonharmonic potentials. This theory gives microscopic interpretation of all assumptions made by Curzon and Ahlborn. In other words, we find a microscopic counterpart of the CA engine in stochastic thermodynamics. Also, based on this theory, we derive the explicit expression of the protocol associated with the maximum power for any given efficiency, and we obtain analytical results of the power and the efficiency statistics for the Brownian CA engine. Our research brings new perspectives to experimental studies of finite-time microscopic heat engines featured with fluctuations.
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- Y H Chen
- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter, Beijing 100871, China
- Frontiers Science Center for Nano-optoelectronics, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Shastri R, Venkatesh BP. Optimization of asymmetric quantum Otto engine cycles. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:024123. [PMID: 36109960 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.024123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/03/2022] [Accepted: 08/02/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We consider the optimization of the work output and fluctuations of a finite-time quantum Otto heat engine cycle consisting of compression and expansion work strokes of unequal duration. The asymmetry of the cycle is characterized by a parameter r_{u} giving the ratio of the times for the compression and expansion work strokes. For such an asymmetric quantum Otto engine cycle, with working substance chosen as a harmonic oscillator or a two-level system, we find that the optimal values of r_{u} maximizing the work output and the reliability (defined as the ratio of average work output to its standard deviation) shows discontinuities as a function of the total time taken for the cycle. Moreover we identify cycles of some specific duration where both the work output and the reliability take their largest values for the same value of the asymmetry parameter r_{u}.
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- Rahul Shastri
- Indian Institute of Technology Gandhinagar, Palaj, Gujarat 382355, India
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Souza LDS, Manzano G, Fazio R, Iemini F. Collective effects on the performance and stability of quantum heat engines. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:014143. [PMID: 35974546 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.014143] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Recent predictions for quantum-mechanical enhancements in the operation of small heat engines have raised renewed interest in their study both from a fundamental perspective and in view of applications. One essential question is whether collective effects may help to carry enhancements over larger scales, when increasing the number of systems composing the working substance of the engine. Such enhancements may consider not only power and efficiency, that is, its performance, but, additionally, its constancy, that is, the stability of the engine with respect to unavoidable environmental fluctuations. We explore this issue by introducing a many-body quantum heat engine model composed by spin pairs working in continuous operation. We study how power, efficiency, and constancy scale with the number of spins composing the engine and introduce a well-defined macroscopic limit where analytical expressions are obtained. Our results predict power enhancements, in both finite-size and macroscopic cases, for a broad range of system parameters and temperatures, without compromising the engine efficiency, accompanied by coherence-enhanced constancy for finite sizes. We discuss these quantities in connection to thermodynamic uncertainty relations.
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- Leonardo da Silva Souza
- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 24210-346 Niterói, Brazil
- Departamento de Física, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Av. Pres. Antônio Carlos 6627, Belo Horizonte Minas Gerais 31270-901, Brazil
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- Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) UIB-CSIC, Campus Universitat Illes Balears, E-07122 Palma de Mallorca, Spain
- Institute for Quantum Optics and Quantum Information (IQOQI), Austrian Academy of Sciences, Boltzmanngasse 3, 1090 Vienna, Austria
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- International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Strada Costiera 11, I-34151, Trieste, Italy
- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Napoli "Federico II," Monte S. Angelo, I-80126 Naples, Italy
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- Instituto de Física, Universidade Federal Fluminense, 24210-346 Niterói, Brazil
- International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP), Strada Costiera 11, I-34151, Trieste, Italy
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Frim AG, DeWeese MR. Geometric Bound on the Efficiency of Irreversible Thermodynamic Cycles. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:230601. [PMID: 35749204 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.230601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2022] [Accepted: 05/17/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Stochastic thermodynamics has revolutionized our understanding of heat engines operating in finite time. Recently, numerous studies have considered the optimal operation of thermodynamic cycles acting as heat engines with a given profile in thermodynamic space (e.g., P-V space in classical thermodynamics), with a particular focus on the Carnot engine. In this work, we use the lens of thermodynamic geometry to explore the full space of thermodynamic cycles with continuously varying bath temperature in search of optimally shaped cycles acting in the slow-driving regime. We apply classical isoperimetric inequalities to derive a universal geometric bound on the efficiency of any irreversible thermodynamic cycle and explicitly construct efficient heat engines operating in finite time that nearly saturate this bound for a specific model system. Given the bound, these optimal cycles perform more efficiently than all other thermodynamic cycles operating as heat engines in finite time, including notable cycles, such as those of Carnot, Stirling, and Otto. For example, in comparison to recent experiments, this corresponds to orders of magnitude improvement in the efficiency of engines operating in certain time regimes. Our results suggest novel design principles for future mesoscopic heat engines and are ripe for experimental investigation.
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- Adam G Frim
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 94720
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 94720
- Redwood Center For Theoretical Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 94720
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California, 94720
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Eglinton J, Brandner K. Geometric bounds on the power of adiabatic thermal machines. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:L052102. [PMID: 35706185 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.l052102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 04/21/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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We analyze the performance of slowly driven meso- and microscale refrigerators and heat engines that operate between two thermal baths with a small temperature difference. Using a general scaling argument, we show that such devices can work arbitrarily close to their Carnot limit only if heat leaks between the baths are fully suppressed. Their power output is then subject to a universal geometric bound that decays quadratically to zero at the Carnot limit. This bound can be asymptotically saturated in the quasistatic limit if the driving protocols are suitably optimized and the temperature difference between the baths goes to zero with the driving frequency. These results hold under generic conditions for any thermodynamically consistent dynamics admitting a well-defined adiabatic-response regime and a generalized Onsager symmetry. For illustration, we work out models of a qubit-refrigerator and a coherent charge pump operating as a cooling device.
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- Joshua Eglinton
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom and Centre for the Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Quantum Non-equilibrium Systems, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom and Centre for the Mathematics and Theoretical Physics of Quantum Non-equilibrium Systems, University of Nottingham, Nottingham NG7 2RD, United Kingdom
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Frim AG, DeWeese MR. Optimal finite-time Brownian Carnot engine. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:L052103. [PMID: 35706186 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.l052103] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Recent advances in experimental control of colloidal systems have spurred a revolution in the production of mesoscale thermodynamic devices. Functional "textbook" engines, such as the Stirling and Carnot cycles, have been produced in colloidal systems where they operate far from equilibrium. Simultaneously, significant theoretical advances have been made in the design and analysis of such devices. Here, we use methods from thermodynamic geometry to characterize the optimal finite-time nonequilibrium cyclic operation of the parametric harmonic oscillator in contact with a time-varying heat bath with particular focus on the Brownian Carnot cycle. We derive the optimally parametrized Carnot cycle, along with two other new cycles and compare their dissipated energy, efficiency, and steady-state power production against each other and a previously tested experimental protocol for the Carnot cycle. We demonstrate a 20% improvement in dissipated energy over previous experimentally tested protocols and a ∼50% improvement under other conditions for one of our engines, whereas our final engine is more efficient and powerful than the others we considered. Our results provide the means for experimentally realizing optimal mesoscale heat engines.
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- Adam G Frim
- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Redwood Center For Theoretical Neuroscience, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
- Helen Wills Neuroscience Institute, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, USA
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Miura K, Izumida Y, Okuda K. Achieving Carnot efficiency in a finite-power Brownian Carnot cycle with arbitrary temperature difference. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:034102. [PMID: 35428092 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.034102] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2021] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Achieving the Carnot efficiency at finite power is a challenging problem in heat engines due to the trade-off relation between efficiency and power that holds for general heat engines. It is pointed out that the Carnot efficiency at finite power may be achievable in the vanishing limit of the relaxation times of a system without breaking the trade-off relation. However, any explicit model of heat engines that realizes this scenario for arbitrary temperature difference has not been proposed. Here, we investigate an underdamped Brownian Carnot cycle where the finite-time adiabatic processes connecting the isothermal processes are tactically adopted. We show that in the vanishing limit of the relaxation times in the above cycle, the compatibility of the Carnot efficiency and finite power is achievable for arbitrary temperature difference. This is theoretically explained based on the trade-off relation derived for our cycle, which is also confirmed by numerical simulations.
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- Kosuke Miura
- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Wang L, Wang Z, Wang C, Ren J. Cycle Flux Ranking of Network Analysis in Quantum Thermal Devices. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2022; 128:067701. [PMID: 35213197 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.128.067701] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2021] [Revised: 12/08/2021] [Accepted: 01/19/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Manipulating quantum thermal transport relies on uncovering the principle working cycles of quantum devices. Here we introduce the cycle flux ranking of network analysis to nonequilibrium thermal devices characterized as a quantum-transition network. To excavate the principal mechanism out of complex transport behaviors, we decompose the network into cycle trajectories, collect the cycle fluxes by algebraic graph theory, and select top-ranked cycle fluxes, i.e., the cycle trajectories with highest probabilities. We exemplify the cycle flux ranking in typical quantum device models, e.g., a thermal-drag spin-Seebeck pump and a quantum thermal transistor. Top-ranked cycle trajectories indeed elucidate the principal working mechanisms. Therefore, cycle flux ranking provides an alternative perspective that naturally describes the working cycle corresponding to the main functionality of quantum thermal devices, which would further guide the device optimization with desired performance.
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- Luqin Wang
- Center for Phononics and Thermal Energy Science, China-EU Joint Lab on Nanophononics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, School of Physics Sciences and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Center for Phononics and Thermal Energy Science, China-EU Joint Lab on Nanophononics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, School of Physics Sciences and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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- Department of Physics, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China
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- Center for Phononics and Thermal Energy Science, China-EU Joint Lab on Nanophononics, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Special Artificial Microstructure Materials and Technology, School of Physics Sciences and Engineering, Tongji University, Shanghai 200092, China
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Ye Z, Holubec V. Maximum efficiency of low-dissipation heat pumps at given heating load. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:024139. [PMID: 35291093 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.024139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Accepted: 02/09/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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We derive an analytical expression for maximum efficiency at fixed power of heat pumps operating along a finite-time reverse Carnot cycle under the low-dissipation assumption. The result is cumbersome, but it implies simple formulas for tight upper and lower bounds on the maximum efficiency and various analytically tractable approximations. In general, our results qualitatively agree with those obtained earlier for endoreversible heat pumps. In fact, we identify a special parameter regime when the performance of the low-dissipation and endoreversible devices is the same. At maximum power, heat pumps operate as work to heat converters with efficiency 1. Expressions for maximum efficiency at given power can be helpful in the identification of more practical operation regimes.
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- Zhuolin Ye
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100 920, D-04009 Leipzig, Germany
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- Department of Macromolecular Physics, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Charles University, V Holešovičkách 2, CZ-180 00 Praha, Czech Republic
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González-Ayala J, Calvo Hernández A, White JA, Medina A, Roco JMM, Velasco S. Success versus failure: Efficient heat devices in thermodynamics. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:014115. [PMID: 35193266 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.014115] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/24/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Classical equilibrium thermodynamics provides, in a general way, upper Carnot bounds for the performance of energy converters. Nevertheless, to suggest lower bounds is a much more subtle issue, especially when they are related to a definition of convenience. Here, this issue is investigated in a unified way for heat engines, refrigerators, and heat pumps. First, irreversibilities are weighted in the context of heat reservoir stability for irreversible engines by using the thermodynamic distance between minimum energy and maximum entropy steady states. Some stability coefficients can be related to a majorization process and the obtention of Pareto fronts, linking stability and optimization by means of efficiency and entropy due to correlations between system and reservoirs. Second, these findings are interpreted in a very simple context. A region where the heat device is efficient is defined in a general scheme and, below this zone, the heat device is inefficient in the sense that irreversibilities somehow dominate its behavior. These findings allow for a clearer understanding of the role played by some well-known figures of merit in the scope of finite-time and -size optimization. Comparison with experimental results is provided.
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- J González-Ayala
- Departamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto Universitario de Física y Matemáticas (IUFFYM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto Universitario de Física y Matemáticas (IUFFYM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto Universitario de Física y Matemáticas (IUFFYM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto Universitario de Física y Matemáticas (IUFFYM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto Universitario de Física y Matemáticas (IUFFYM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada and Instituto Universitario de Física y Matemáticas (IUFFYM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008 Salamanca, Spain
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Tajima H, Funo K. Superconducting-like Heat Current: Effective Cancellation of Current-Dissipation Trade-Off by Quantum Coherence. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 127:190604. [PMID: 34797134 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.127.190604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/22/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Quantum coherence is a useful resource for increasing the speed and decreasing the irreversibility of quantum dynamics. Because of this feature, coherence is used to enhance the performance of various quantum information processing devices beyond the limitations set by classical mechanics. However, when we consider thermodynamic processes, such as energy conversion in nanoscale devices, it is still unclear whether coherence provides similar advantages. Here we establish a universal framework, clarifying how coherence affects the speed and irreversibility in thermodynamic processes described by the Lindblad master equation, and give general rules for when coherence enhances or reduces the performance of thermodynamic devices. Our results show that a proper use of coherence enhances the heat current without increasing dissipation; i.e., coherence can reduce friction. In particular, if the amount of coherence is large enough, this friction becomes virtually zero, realizing a superconducting-like "dissipation-less" heat current. Since our framework clarifies a general relation among coherence, energy flow, and dissipation, it can be applied to many branches of science from quantum information theory to biology. As an application to energy science, we construct a quantum heat engine cycle that exceeds the power-efficiency trade-off bound on classical engines and effectively attains the Carnot efficiency with finite power in fast cycles.
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- Hiroyasu Tajima
- Graduate School of Informatics and Engineering, The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1 Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan and JST, PRESTO, 4-1-8 Honcho, Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan
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- Theoretical Physics Laboratory, RIKEN Cluster for Pioneering Reserach, Wako-shi, Saitama 351-0198, Japan
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Chen JF, Sun CP, Dong H. Extrapolating the thermodynamic length with finite-time measurements. Phys Rev E 2021; 104:034117. [PMID: 34654162 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.034117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2021] [Accepted: 08/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The thermodynamic length, though providing a lower bound for the excess work required in a finite-time thermodynamic process, is determined by the properties of the equilibrium states reached by the quasistatic process and is thus beyond the direct experimental measurement. We propose an experimental strategy to measure the thermodynamic length of an open classical or quantum system by extrapolating finite-time measurements. The current proposal enables the measurement of the thermodynamic length for a single control parameter without requiring extra effort to find the optimal control scheme, and is illustrated with examples of the quantum harmonic oscillator with tuning frequency and the classical ideal gas with changing volume. Such a strategy shall shed light on the experimental design of the lacking platforms to measure the thermodynamic length.
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- Jin-Fu Chen
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China.,Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China.,Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China
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Johal RS, Mehta V. Quantum Heat Engines with Complex Working Media, Complete Otto Cycles and Heuristics. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 23:1149. [PMID: 34573774 PMCID: PMC8468726 DOI: 10.3390/e23091149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2021] [Revised: 08/26/2021] [Accepted: 08/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Quantum thermal machines make use of non-classical thermodynamic resources, one of which include interactions between elements of the quantum working medium. In this paper, we examine the performance of a quasi-static quantum Otto engine based on two spins of arbitrary magnitudes subject to an external magnetic field and coupled via an isotropic Heisenberg exchange interaction. It has been shown earlier that the said interaction provides an enhancement of cycle efficiency, with an upper bound that is tighter than the Carnot efficiency. However, the necessary conditions governing engine performance and the relevant upper bound for efficiency are unknown for the general case of arbitrary spin magnitudes. By analyzing extreme case scenarios, we formulate heuristics to infer the necessary conditions for an engine with uncoupled as well as coupled spin model. These conditions lead us to a connection between performance of quantum heat engines and the notion of majorization. Furthermore, the study of complete Otto cycles inherent in the average cycle also yields interesting insights into the average performance.
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- Ramandeep S. Johal
- Department of Physical Sciences, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Mohali, Sector 81, S.A.S. Nagar, Manauli PO 140306, Punjab, India;
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Mukherjee V, Divakaran U. Many-body quantum thermal machines. JOURNAL OF PHYSICS. CONDENSED MATTER : AN INSTITUTE OF PHYSICS JOURNAL 2021; 33:454001. [PMID: 34359061 DOI: 10.1088/1361-648x/ac1b60] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Accepted: 08/06/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Thermodynamics of quantum systems and quantum thermal machines are rapidly developing fields, which have already delivered several promising results, as well as raised many intriguing questions. Many-body quantum machines present new opportunities stemming from many-body effects. At the same time, they pose new challenges related to many-body physics. In this short review we discuss some of the recent developments on technologies based on many-body quantum systems. We mainly focus on many-body effects in quantum thermal machines. We also briefly address the role played by many-body systems in the development of quantum batteries and quantum probes.
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- Victor Mukherjee
- Department of Physical Sciences, IISER Berhampur, Berhampur 760010, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Palakkad, Palakkad, 678557, India
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Becker T, Wu LN, Eckardt A. Lindbladian approximation beyond ultraweak coupling. Phys Rev E 2021; 104:014110. [PMID: 34412241 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.104.014110] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Away from equilibrium, the properties of open quantum systems depend on the details of their environment. A microscopic derivation of a master equation (ME) is therefore crucial. Of particular interest are Lindblad-type equations, not only because they provide the most general class of Markovian MEs, but also since they are the starting point for efficient quantum trajectory simulations. Lindblad-type MEs are commonly derived from the Born-Markov-Redfield equation via a rotating-wave approximation (RWA). However the RWA is valid only for ultraweak system-bath coupling and often fails to accurately describe nonequilibrium processes. Here we derive an alternative Lindbladian approximation to the Redfield equation, which does not rely on ultraweak system-bath coupling. Applying it to an extended Hubbard model coupled to Ohmic baths, we show that, especially away from equilibrium, it provides a good approximation in large parameter regimes where the RWA fails.
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- Tobias Becker
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Technische Universität Berlin, Hardenbergstrasse 36, 10623 Berlin, Germany
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Miller HJD, Mohammady MH, Perarnau-Llobet M, Guarnieri G. Joint statistics of work and entropy production along quantum trajectories. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:052138. [PMID: 34134351 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.052138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In thermodynamics, entropy production and work quantify irreversibility and the consumption of useful energy, respectively, when a system is driven out of equilibrium. For quantum systems, these quantities can be identified at the stochastic level by unravelling the system's evolution in terms of quantum jump trajectories. We here derive a general formula for computing the joint statistics of work and entropy production in Markovian driven quantum systems, whose instantaneous steady states are of Gibbs form. If the driven system remains close to the instantaneous Gibbs state at all times, then we show that the corresponding two-variable cumulant generating function implies a joint detailed fluctuation theorem so long as detailed balance is satisfied. As a corollary, we derive a modified fluctuation-dissipation relation (FDR) for the entropy production alone, applicable to transitions between arbitrary steady states, and for systems that violate detailed balance. This FDR contains a term arising from genuinely quantum fluctuations, and extends an analogous relation from classical thermodynamics to the quantum regime.
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- Harry J D Miller
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- RCQI, Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava 84511, Slovakia
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- School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.,Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Miller HJD, Mohammady MH, Perarnau-Llobet M, Guarnieri G. Thermodynamic Uncertainty Relation in Slowly Driven Quantum Heat Engines. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2021; 126:210603. [PMID: 34114847 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.126.210603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2020] [Accepted: 03/18/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Thermodynamic uncertainty relations express a trade-off between precision, defined as the noise-to-signal ratio of a generic current, and the amount of associated entropy production. These results have deep consequences for autonomous heat engines operating at steady state, imposing an upper bound for their efficiency in terms of the power yield and its fluctuations. In the present Letter we analyze a different class of heat engines, namely, those which are operating in the periodic slow-driving regime. We show that an alternative TUR is satisfied, which is less restrictive than that of steady-state engines: it allows for engines that produce finite power, with small power fluctuations, to operate close to reversibility. The bound further incorporates the effect of quantum fluctuations, which reduces engine efficiency relative to the average power and reliability. We finally illustrate our findings in the experimentally relevant model of a single-ion heat engine.
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- Harry J D Miller
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- RCQI, Institute of Physics, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Dúbravská cesta 9, Bratislava 84511, Slovakia
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- School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
- Dahlem Center for Complex Quantum Systems, Freie Universität Berlin, 14195 Berlin, Germany
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Izumida Y. Hierarchical Onsager symmetries in adiabatically driven linear irreversible heat engines. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:L050101. [PMID: 34134349 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.l050101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2021] [Accepted: 04/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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In existing linear response theories for adiabatically driven cyclic heat engines, Onsager symmetry is identified only phenomenologically, and a relation between global and local Onsager coefficients, defined over one cycle and at any instant of a cycle, respectively, is not derived. To address this limitation, we develop a linear response theory for the speed of adiabatically changing parameters and temperature differences in generic Gaussian heat engines obeying Fokker-Planck dynamics. We establish a hierarchical relationship between the global linear response relations, defined over one cycle of the heat engines, and the local ones, defined at any instant of the cycle. This yields a detailed expression for the global Onsager coefficients in terms of the local Onsager coefficients. Moreover, we derive an efficiency bound, which is tighter than the Carnot bound, for adiabatically driven linear irreversible heat engines based on the detailed global Onsager coefficients. Finally, we demonstrate the application of the theory using the simplest stochastic Brownian heat engine model.
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- Yuki Izumida
- Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
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Ye Z, Holubec V. Maximum efficiency of absorption refrigerators at arbitrary cooling power. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:052125. [PMID: 34134287 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.052125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/25/2020] [Accepted: 04/30/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We consider absorption refrigerators consisting of simultaneously operating Carnot-type heat engine and refrigerator. Their maximum efficiency at given power (MEGP) is given by the product of MEGPs for the internal engine and refrigerator. The only subtlety of the derivation lies in the fact that the maximum cooling power of the absorption refrigerator is not limited just by the maximum power of the internal refrigerator, but, due to the first law, also by that of the internal engine. As a specific example, we consider the simultaneous absorption refrigerators composed of low-dissipation (LD) heat engines and refrigerators, for which the expressions for MEGPs are known. The derived expression for maximum efficiency implies bounds on the MEGP of LD absorption refrigerators. It also implies that a slight decrease in power of the absorption refrigerator from its maximum value results in a large nonlinear increase in efficiency, observed in heat engines, whenever the ratio of maximum powers of the internal engine and the refrigerator does not diverge. Otherwise, the increase in efficiency is linear as observed in LD refrigerators. Thus, in all practical situations, the efficiency of LD absorption refrigerators significantly increases when their cooling power is slightly decreased from its maximum.
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- Zhuolin Ye
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100 920, D-04009 Leipzig, Germany
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100 920, D-04009 Leipzig, Germany
- Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics, V Holešovičkách 2, CZ-180 00 Praha, Czech Republic
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Li Z, Cao H, Yang H, Guo J. Comparative Assessment of Various Low-Dissipation Combined Models for Three-Terminal Heat Pump Systems. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 23:513. [PMID: 33922628 PMCID: PMC8147089 DOI: 10.3390/e23050513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/17/2021] [Revised: 04/15/2021] [Accepted: 04/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Thermally driven heat pump systems play important roles in the utilization of low-grade thermal energy. In order to evaluate and compare the performances of three different constructions of thermally driven heat pump and heat transformer, the low-dissipation assumption has been adopted to establish the irreversible thermodynamic models of them in the present paper. By means of the proposed models, the heating loads, the coefficients of performance (COPs) and the optimal relations between them for various constructions are derived and discussed. The performances of different constructions are numerically assessed. More importantly, according to the results obtained, the upper and lower bounds of the COP at maximum heating load for different constructions are generated and compared by the introduction of a parameter measuring the deviation from the reversible limit of the system. Accordingly, the optimal constructions for the low-dissipation three-terminal heat pump and heat transformer are determined within the frame of low-dissipation assumption, respectively. The optimal constructions in accord with previous research and engineering practices for various three-terminal devices are obtained, which confirms the compatibility between the low-dissipation model and endoreversible model and highlights the validity of the application of low-dissipation model for multi-terminal thermodynamic devices. The proposed models and the significant results obtained enrich the theoretical thermodynamic model of thermally driven heat pump systems and may provide some useful guidelines for the design and operation of realistic thermally driven heat pump systems.
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- College of Physics and Information Engineering, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou 350116, China; (Z.L.); (H.C.); (H.Y.)
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Liu J, Segal D. Coherences and the thermodynamic uncertainty relation: Insights from quantum absorption refrigerators. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:032138. [PMID: 33862758 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.032138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2020] [Accepted: 03/04/2021] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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The thermodynamic uncertainty relation, originally derived for classical Markov-jump processes, provides a tradeoff relation between precision and dissipation, deepening our understanding of the performance of quantum thermal machines. Here, we examine the interplay of quantum system coherences and heat current fluctuations on the validity of the thermodynamics uncertainty relation in the quantum regime. To achieve the current statistics, we perform a full counting statistics simulation of the Redfield quantum master equation. We focus on steady-state quantum absorption refrigerators where nonzero coherence between eigenstates can either suppress or enhance the cooling power, compared with the incoherent limit. In either scenario, we find enhanced relative noise of the cooling power (standard deviation of the power over the mean) in the presence of system coherence, thereby corroborating the thermodynamic uncertainty relation. Our results indicate that fluctuations necessitate consideration when assessing the performance of quantum coherent thermal machines.
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- Junjie Liu
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Quantum Information and Quantum Control, University of Toronto, 80 Saint George Street, Toronto, Ontario, M5S 3H6, Canada.,Department of Physics, 60 Saint George Street, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 1A7
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Miura K, Izumida Y, Okuda K. Compatibility of Carnot efficiency with finite power in an underdamped Brownian Carnot cycle in small temperature-difference regime. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:042125. [PMID: 34006002 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.042125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/23/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We study the possibility of achieving the Carnot efficiency in a finite-power underdamped Brownian Carnot cycle. Recently, it was reported that the Carnot efficiency is achievable in a general class of finite-power Carnot cycles in the vanishing limit of the relaxation times. Thus, it may be interesting to clarify how the efficiency and power depend on the relaxation times by using a specific model. By evaluating the heat-leakage effect intrinsic in the underdamped dynamics with the instantaneous adiabatic processes, we demonstrate that the compatibility of the Carnot efficiency and finite power is achieved in the vanishing limit of the relaxation times in the small temperature-difference regime. Furthermore, we show that this result is consistent with a trade-off relation between power and efficiency by explicitly deriving the relation of our cycle in terms of the relaxation times.
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- Kosuke Miura
- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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- Department of Complexity Science and Engineering, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Kashiwa 277-8561, Japan
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- Department of Physics, Hokkaido University, Sapporo 060-0810, Japan
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Chand S, Dasgupta S, Biswas A. Finite-time performance of a single-ion quantum Otto engine. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:032144. [PMID: 33862721 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.032144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/13/2020] [Accepted: 03/02/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We study how a quantum heat engine based on a single trapped ion performs in finite time. The always-on thermal environment acts like the hot bath, while the motional degree of freedom of the ion plays the role of the effective cold bath. The hot isochoric stroke is implemented via the interaction of the ion with its hot environment, while a projective measurement of the internal state of the ion is performed as an equivalent to the cold isochoric stroke. The expansion and compression strokes are implemented via suitable change in applied magnetic field. We study in detail how the finite duration of each stroke affects the engine performance. We show that partial thermalization can in fact enhance the efficiency of the engine, due to the residual coherence, whereas faster expansion and compression strokes increase the inner friction and therefore reduce the efficiency.
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- Suman Chand
- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, Rupnagar, Punjab 140001, India
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Rignon-Bret A, Guarnieri G, Goold J, Mitchison MT. Thermodynamics of precision in quantum nanomachines. Phys Rev E 2021; 103:012133. [PMID: 33601640 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.103.012133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Fluctuations strongly affect the dynamics and functionality of nanoscale thermal machines. Recent developments in stochastic thermodynamics have shown that fluctuations in many far-from-equilibrium systems are constrained by the rate of entropy production via so-called thermodynamic uncertainty relations. These relations imply that increasing the reliability or precision of an engine's power output comes at a greater thermodynamic cost. Here we study the thermodynamics of precision for small thermal machines in the quantum regime. In particular, we derive exact relations between the power, power fluctuations, and entropy production rate for several models of few-qubit engines (both autonomous and cyclic) that perform work on a quantized load. Depending on the context, we find that quantum coherence can either help or hinder where power fluctuations are concerned. We discuss design principles for reducing such fluctuations in quantum nanomachines and propose an autonomous three-qubit engine whose power output for a given entropy production is more reliable than would be allowed by any classical Markovian model.
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- Antoine Rignon-Bret
- School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland.,École Normale Supérieure, 45 rue d'Ulm, F-75230 Paris, France
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- School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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- School of Physics, Trinity College Dublin, College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland
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Miller HJD, Mehboudi M. Geometry of Work Fluctuations versus Efficiency in Microscopic Thermal Machines. PHYSICAL REVIEW LETTERS 2020; 125:260602. [PMID: 33449720 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.125.260602] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Accepted: 11/24/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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When engineering microscopic machines, increasing efficiency can often come at a price of reduced reliability due to the impact of stochastic fluctuations. Here we develop a general method for performing multiobjective optimization of efficiency and work fluctuations in thermal machines operating close to equilibrium in either the classical or quantum regime. Our method utilizes techniques from thermodynamic geometry, whereby we match optimal solutions to protocols parametrized by their thermodynamic length. We characterize the optimal protocols for continuous-variable Gaussian machines, which form a crucial class in the study of thermodynamics for microscopic systems.
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- Harry J D Miller
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom
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- Max-Planck-Institut für Quantenoptik, D-85748 Garching, Germany
- ICFO-Institut de Ciencies Fotoniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels (Barcelona), Spain
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Dann R, Kosloff R, Salamon P. Quantum Finite-Time Thermodynamics: Insight from a Single Qubit Engine. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 22:E1255. [PMID: 33287023 PMCID: PMC7712823 DOI: 10.3390/e22111255] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2020] [Revised: 10/29/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Incorporating time into thermodynamics allows for addressing the tradeoff between efficiency and power. A qubit engine serves as a toy model in order to study this tradeoff from first principles, based on the quantum theory of open systems. We study the quantum origin of irreversibility, originating from heat transport, quantum friction, and thermalization in the presence of external driving. We construct various finite-time engine cycles that are based on the Otto and Carnot templates. Our analysis highlights the role of coherence and the quantum origin of entropy production.
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- Roie Dann
- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel;
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- The Institute of Chemistry, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem 9190401, Israel;
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- Department of Mathematics and Statistics, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Drive, San Diego, CA 92182-7720, USA;
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Abiuso P, Miller HJD, Perarnau-Llobet M, Scandi M. Geometric Optimisation of Quantum Thermodynamic Processes. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 22:E1076. [PMID: 33286845 PMCID: PMC7597153 DOI: 10.3390/e22101076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 09/18/2020] [Accepted: 09/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Differential geometry offers a powerful framework for optimising and characterising finite-time thermodynamic processes, both classical and quantum. Here, we start by a pedagogical introduction to the notion of thermodynamic length. We review and connect different frameworks where it emerges in the quantum regime: adiabatically driven closed systems, time-dependent Lindblad master equations, and discrete processes. A geometric lower bound on entropy production in finite-time is then presented, which represents a quantum generalisation of the original classical bound. Following this, we review and develop some general principles for the optimisation of thermodynamic processes in the linear-response regime. These include constant speed of control variation according to the thermodynamic metric, absence of quantum coherence, and optimality of small cycles around the point of maximal ratio between heat capacity and relaxation time for Carnot engines.
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- Paolo Abiuso
- ICFO—Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain; (P.A.); (M.S.)
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK;
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- ICFO—Institut de Ciències Fotòniques, The Barcelona Institute of Science and Technology, 08860 Castelldefels, Barcelona, Spain; (P.A.); (M.S.)
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Ma YH. Effect of Finite-Size Heat Source's Heat Capacity on the Efficiency of Heat Engine. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 22:E1002. [PMID: 33286771 PMCID: PMC7597076 DOI: 10.3390/e22091002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/19/2020] [Revised: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 09/07/2020] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Heat engines used to output useful work have important practical significance, which, in general, operate between heat baths of infinite size and constant temperature. In this paper, we study the efficiency of a heat engine operating between two finite-size heat sources with initial temperature difference. The total output work of such heat engine is limited due to the finite heat capacity of the sources. We firstly investigate the effects of different heat capacity characteristics of the sources on the heat engine's efficiency at maximum work (EMW) in the quasi-static limit. Moreover, it is found that the efficiency of the engine operating in finite-time with maximum power of each cycle is achieved follows a simple universality as η=ηC/4+OηC2, where ηC is the Carnot efficiency determined by the initial temperature of the sources. Remarkably, when the heat capacity of the heat source is negative, such as the black holes, we show that the heat engine efficiency during the operation can surpass the Carnot efficiency determined by the initial temperature of the heat sources. It is further argued that the heat engine between two black holes with vanishing initial temperature difference can be driven by the energy fluctuation. The corresponding EMW is proved to be ηMW=2-2.
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- Yu-Han Ma
- Graduate School of China Academy of Engineering Physics, No. 10 Xibeiwang East Road, Haidian District, Beijing 100193, China;
- Beijing Computational Science Research Center, Beijing 100193, China
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Gonzalez-Ayala J, Medina A, Roco JMM, Calvo Hernández A. Thermodynamic optimization subsumed in stability phenomena. Sci Rep 2020; 10:14305. [PMID: 32868825 PMCID: PMC7459129 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-71130-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2020] [Accepted: 08/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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In the present paper the possibility of an energetic self-optimization as a consequence of thermodynamic stability is addressed. This feature is analyzed in a low dissipation refrigerator working in an optimized trade-off regime (the so-called Omega function). The relaxation after a perturbation around the stable point indicates that stability is linked to trajectories in which the thermodynamic performance is improved. Furthermore, a limited control over the system is analyzed through consecutive external random perturbations. The statistics over many cycles corroborates the preference for a better thermodynamic performance. Endoreversible and irreversible behaviors play a relevant role in the relaxation trajectories (as well as in the statistical performance of many cycles experiencing random perturbations). A multi-objective optimization reveals that the well-known endoreversible limit works as an attractor of the system evolution coinciding with the Pareto front, which represents the best energetic compromise among efficiency, entropy generation, cooling power, input power and the Omega function. Meanwhile, near the stable state, performance and stability are dominated by an irreversible behavior.
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- J Gonzalez-Ayala
- Instituto Universitario de Física Fundamental y Matemáticas (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008, Salamanca, Spain.
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- Instituto Universitario de Física Fundamental y Matemáticas (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008, Salamanca, Spain.,Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Física Fundamental y Matemáticas (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008, Salamanca, Spain.,Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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- Instituto Universitario de Física Fundamental y Matemáticas (IUFFyM), Universidad de Salamanca, 37008, Salamanca, Spain.,Departamento de Física Aplicada, Facultad de Ciencias, 37008, Salamanca, Spain
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Wang Q. Performance of quantum heat engines under the influence of long-range interactions. Phys Rev E 2020; 102:012138. [PMID: 32794960 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.102.012138] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2020] [Accepted: 06/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We examine a quantum heat engine with an interacting many-body working medium consisting of the long-range Kitaev chain to explore the role of long-range interactions in the performance of the quantum engine. By analytically studying two types of thermodynamic cycles, namely, the Otto cycle and Stirling cycle, we demonstrate that the work output and efficiency of a long-range interacting heat engine can be boosted by the long-range interactions, in comparison to the short-range counterpart. We further show that in the Otto cycle there exists an optimal condition for which the maximum enhancement in work output and efficiency can be achieved simultaneously by the long-range interactions. But, for the Stirling cycle, the condition which can give the maximum enhancement in work output does not lead to the maximum enhancement in efficiency. We also investigate how the parameter regimes under which the engine performance is enhanced by the long-range interactions evolve with a decrease in the range of interactions.
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- Qian Wang
- Department of Physics, Zhejiang Normal University, Jinhua 321004, China and CAMTP-Center for Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics, University of Maribor, Mladinska 3, SI-2000 Maribor, Slovenia
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Holubec V, Ye Z. Maximum efficiency of low-dissipation refrigerators at arbitrary cooling power. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:052124. [PMID: 32575339 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.052124] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Accepted: 04/29/2020] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We analytically derive maximum efficiency at given cooling power for Carnot-type low-dissipation refrigerators. The corresponding optimal cycle duration depends on a single parameter, which is a specific combination of irreversibility parameters and bath temperatures. For a slight decrease in power with respect to its maximum value, the maximum efficiency exhibits an infinitely fast nonlinear increase, which is standard in heat engines, only for a limited range of parameters. Otherwise, it increases only linearly with the slope given by ratio of irreversibility parameters. This behavior can be traced to the fact that maximum power is attained for vanishing duration of the hot isotherm. Due to the lengthiness of the full solution for the maximum efficiency, we discuss and demonstrate these results using simple approximations valid for parameters yielding the two different qualitative behaviors. We also discuss relation of our findings to those obtained for minimally nonlinear irreversible refrigerators.
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- Viktor Holubec
- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100 920, D-04009 Leipzig, Germany.,Charles University, Faculty of Mathematics and Physics, Department of Macromolecular Physics, V Holešovičkách 2, CZ-180 00 Praha, Czech Republic
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- Institut für Theoretische Physik, Universität Leipzig, Postfach 100 920, D-04009 Leipzig, Germany
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Schaller G, Ablaßmayer J. Thermodynamics of the Coarse-Graining Master Equation. ENTROPY (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2020; 22:e22050525. [PMID: 33286296 PMCID: PMC7517020 DOI: 10.3390/e22050525] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/03/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2020] [Accepted: 05/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We study the coarse-graining approach to derive a generator for the evolution of an open quantum system over a finite time interval. The approach does not require a secular approximation but nevertheless generally leads to a Lindblad-Gorini-Kossakowski-Sudarshan generator. By combining the formalism with full counting statistics, we can demonstrate a consistent thermodynamic framework, once the switching work required for the coupling and decoupling with the reservoir is included. Particularly, we can write the second law in standard form, with the only difference that heat currents must be defined with respect to the reservoir. We exemplify our findings with simple but pedagogical examples.
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