Stochastic thermodynamics has revolutionized our understanding of heat engines operating
in finite time. Recently, numerous studies have considered the optimal operation of …

We adopt a geometric approach to describe the performance of adiabatic quantum
machines, operating under slow time-dependent driving and in contact with two reservoirs …

Fluctuations of thermodynamic quantities become non-negligible and play an important role
when the system size is small. We develop finite-time thermodynamics of fluctuations in …

Recent studies have explored finite-time dissipation-minimizing protocols for stochastic
thermodynamic systems driven arbitrarily far from equilibrium, when granted full external …

We review recent progress in optimal control in stochastic thermodynamics. Theoretical
advances provide in-depth insight into minimum-dissipation control with either full or limited …

By controlling the variance of the radiation pressure exerted on an optically trapped
microsphere in real time, we engineer temperature protocols that shortcut thermal relaxation …

We characterize finite-time thermodynamic processes of multidimensional quadratic
overdamped systems. Analytic expressions are provided for heat, work, and dissipation for …

The realization of microscopic heat engines has gained a surge of research interest in
statistical physics, soft matter, and biological physics. A typical microscopic heat engine …

Considering the paradigmatic driven Brownian motion, we perform extensive numerical
analysis on the performance of optimal linear-response processes far from equilibrium. We …

The operation of near-term quantum technologies requires the development of feasible,
implementable, and robust strategies of controlling complex many body systems. To this …