[HTML][HTML] Quantum thermodynamic devices: From theoretical proposals to experimental reality

NM Myers, O Abah, S Deffner - AVS quantum science, 2022 - pubs.aip.org
Thermodynamics originated in the need to understand novel technologies developed by the
Industrial Revolution. However, over the centuries, the description of engines, refrigerators …

Carnot efficiency at divergent power output

M Polettini, M Esposito - Europhysics Letters, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The widely debated feasibility of thermodynamic machines achieving Carnot efficiency at
finite power has been convincingly dismissed. Yet, the common wisdom that efficiency can …

Classical emulation of quantum-coherent thermal machines

JO González, JP Palao, D Alonso, LA Correa - Physical Review E, 2019 - APS
The performance enhancements observed in various models of continuous quantum
thermal machines have been linked to the buildup of coherences in a preferred basis. But is …

Relation between topology and heat currents in multilevel absorption machines

JO González, JP Palao, D Alonso - New Journal of Physics, 2017 - iopscience.iop.org
The steady state heat currents of continuous absorption machines can be decomposed into
thermodynamically consistent contributions, each of them associated with a circuit in the …

Quantum thermodynamics: a brief introduction to quantum thermal machines

D Díaz Martín - 2020 - riull.ull.es
El objetivo de traer al lector una revisi´ on acad´ emica simple del importante reciente
campo de investigaci´ on de la Termodin´ amica cu´ antica es el eje central de este …