Using quantum erasure to exorcize Maxwell's demon: I. Concepts and context

Physica E: Low-Dimensional Systems and Nanostructures

Volumn 29, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 29-39

  Scully, Marlan O ^a,b,c   Rostovtsev, Yuri ^a,b,c   Sariyanni, Zoe Elizabeth ^a,c   Zubairy, M Suhail ^a,b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUT FÜR QUANTENOPTIK   (Germany)

Author keywords

Entropy; Laser; Quantum heat engine

Indexed keywords

ENTROPY; HEAT ENGINES; LASERS; MAXWELL EQUATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENERGY SOURCES; MAXWELL DEMON PROBLEMS; QUANTUM HEAT ENGINES; QUANTUM THERMODYNAMICS;

QUANTUM THEORY;

EID: 25644454236     PISSN: 13869477     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.physe.2005.05.046     Document Type: Conference Paper

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