Experimental test of the quantum Jarzynski equality with a trapped-ion system

Nature Physics

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 193-199

  An, Shuoming ^a   Zhang, Jing Ning ^a   Um, Mark ^a   Lv, Dingshun ^a   Lu, Yao ^a   Zhang, Junhua ^a   Yin, Zhang Qi ^a   Quan, H T ^b,c   Kim, Kihwan ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

^c Collaborative Innovation Center of Quantum Matter ^*  (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FREE ENERGY; IONS; PHONONS; QUANTUM OPTICS;

EXPERIMENTAL TEST; FAR-FROM-EQUILIBRIUM PROCESS; FREE-ENERGY DIFFERENCE; HARMONIC POTENTIAL; JARZYNSKI EQUALITY; PROJECTIVE MEASUREMENT; TRANSITION PROBABILITIES; WORK DISTRIBUTION;

TRAPPED IONS;

EID: 84925937892     PISSN: 17452473     EISSN: 17452481     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nphys3197     Document Type: Article

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