Quantum heat engine power can be increased by noise-induced coherence

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 108, Issue 37, 2011, Pages 15097-15100

  Scully, Marlan O ^a,b   Chapin, Kimberly R ^b   Dorfman, Konstantin E ^a,b   Kim, Moochan Barnabas ^b   Svidzinsky, Anatoly ^a,b  

^a PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ARTICLE; ELECTRON; ENERGY ABSORPTION; ENERGY BALANCE; ENERGY YIELD; EXCITATION; LIGHT; NOISE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM HEAT ENGINE; QUANTUM MECHANICS; RADIATION;

EID: 80053085472     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1110234108     Document Type: Article

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