Coherence-enhanced efficiency of feedback-driven quantum engines

New Journal of Physics

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Brandner, Kay ^a   Bauer, Michael ^a   Schmid, Michael T ^a   Seifert, Udo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

Author keywords

coherence; quantum information engine; quantum thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

COHERENT LIGHT; ENGINES; HAMILTONIANS; QUANTUM OPTICS; QUANTUM THEORY; THERMODYNAMICS;

ENHANCED EFFICIENCY; FEEDBACK OPERATIONS; QUANTUM COHERENCE; QUANTUM INFORMATION; QUANTUM MEASUREMENT; QUANTUM THERMODYNAMICS; THERMAL EQUILIBRIUMS; TWO-LEVEL SYSTEM;

QUANTUM EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84951300226     PISSN: 13672630     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/1367-2630/17/6/065006     Document Type: Article

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