Shortcuts to adiabaticity (STA) are fast routes to the final results of slow, adiabatic changes
of the controlling parameters of a system. The shortcuts are designed by a set of analytical …

The seminal work by Sadi Carnot in the early nineteenth century provided the blueprint of a
reversible heat engine and the celebrated second law of thermodynamics eventually …

Thermodynamics originated in the need to understand novel technologies developed by the
Industrial Revolution. However, over the centuries, the description of engines, refrigerators …

Stochastic thermodynamics lays down a broad framework to revisit the venerable concepts
of heat, work and entropy production for individual stochastic trajectories of mesoscopic …

We consider a finite-time quantum Otto cycle with single-and two spin-1/2 systems as its
working medium. To mimic adiabatic dynamics at a finite time, we employ a shortcut-to …

We develop a deep learning (DL) framework assisted by differentiable programming for
discovery of optimal quantum control protocols under hard constraints. To that end, we use …

We present a procedure to accelerate the relaxation of an open quantum system towards its
equilibrium state. The control protocol, termed the shortcut to equilibration, is obtained by …

Thermodynamics of quantum systems and quantum thermal machines are rapidly
developing fields, which have already delivered several promising results, as well as raised …

Real quantum heat engines lack the separation of time and length scales that is
characteristic for classical engines. They must be understood as open quantum systems in …

Long-range interacting quantum devices provides a promising route for quantum technology
applications. Here, the presence of long-range interactions is shown to enhance the …