Role of the superposition principle for enhancing the efficiency of the quantum-mechanical Carnot engine

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

Volumn 85, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Abe, Sumiyoshi ^a,b   Okuyama, Shinji ^a  

^a MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Institut Superieur des Materiaux et Mecaniques Avances   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARNOT ENGINES; MAXIMUM POWER; MAXIMUM POWER OUTPUT; QUANTUM MECHANICAL; QUANTUM STATE; SUPERPOSITION PRINCIPLE;

CARNOT CYCLE; EFFICIENCY; MECHANICS;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84856279712     PISSN: 15393755     EISSN: 15502376     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevE.85.011104     Document Type: Article

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