Second law of thermodynamics and quantum feedback control: Maxwell’s demon with weak measurements

Physical Review A - Atomic, Molecular, and Optical Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Jacobs, Kurt ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS BOSTON   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CONTINUOUS FEEDBACK CONTROL; QUANTUM FEEDBACK CONTROL; QUANTUM MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM SYSTEM; SECOND LAW OF THERMODYNAMICS; WEAK MEASUREMENTS;

FEEDBACK CONTROL; QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

FEEDBACK;

EID: 69449094624     PISSN: 10502947     EISSN: 10941622     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevA.80.012322     Document Type: Article

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