Quantum optical thermodynamic machines: Lasing as relaxation

Physical Review E - Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft Matter Physics

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2009, Pages

  Youssef, M ^a   Mahler, G ^a   Obada, A S F ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^b Assiut Branch   (Egypt)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENERGY SPLITTINGS; EXTERNAL DRIVING; HEAT BATH; HEAT PUMPS; NANOPHYSICS; OPEN QUANTUM SYSTEMS; OPTICAL THERMODYNAMICS; QUANTUM OSCILLATORS; QUANTUM THERMODYNAMICS; TEMPERATURE GRADIENT; TWO-LEVEL ATOM;

QUANTUM ELECTRONICS; QUANTUM OPTICS; RESONATORS; SPIN DYNAMICS; THERMODYNAMICS;

OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC);

EID: 75449110923     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.80.061129     Document Type: Article

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