Quantum thermodynamics

S Vinjanampathy, J Anders - Contemporary Physics, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
Quantum thermodynamics is an emerging research field aiming to extend standard
thermodynamics and non-equilibrium statistical physics to ensembles of sizes well below …

Thermodynamics of precision in Markovian open quantum dynamics

T Van Vu, K Saito - Physical review letters, 2022 - APS
The thermodynamic and kinetic uncertainty relations indicate trade-offs between the relative
fluctuation of observables and thermodynamic quantities such as dissipation and dynamical …

The role of quantum measurement in stochastic thermodynamics

C Elouard, DA Herrera-Martí, M Clusel… - npj Quantum …, 2017 - nature.com
This article sets up a new formalism to investigate stochastic thermodynamics in the
quantum regime, where stochasticity and irreversibility primarily come from quantum …

The role of quantum coherence in non-equilibrium entropy production

JP Santos, LC Céleri, GT Landi… - npj Quantum Information, 2019 - nature.com
Thermodynamic irreversibility is well characterized by the entropy production arising from
non-equilibrium quantum processes. We show that the entropy production of a quantum …

Entropy production and thermodynamic power of the squeezed thermal reservoir

G Manzano, F Galve, R Zambrini, JMR Parrondo - Physical review E, 2016 - APS
We analyze the entropy production and the maximal extractable work from a squeezed
thermal reservoir. The nonequilibrium quantum nature of the reservoir induces an entropy …

Quantum fluctuation theorems for arbitrary environments: adiabatic and nonadiabatic entropy production

G Manzano, JM Horowitz, JMR Parrondo - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
We analyze the production of entropy along nonequilibrium processes in quantum systems
coupled to generic environments. First, we show that the entropy production due to final …

Thermodynamic uncertainty relation in slowly driven quantum heat engines

HJD Miller, MH Mohammady, M Perarnau-Llobet… - Physical review …, 2021 - APS
Thermodynamic uncertainty relations express a trade-off between precision, defined as the
noise-to-signal ratio of a generic current, and the amount of associated entropy production …

Fluctuating work: From quantum thermodynamical identities to a second law equality

ÁM Alhambra, L Masanes, J Oppenheim, C Perry - Physical Review X, 2016 - APS
We investigate the connection between recent results in quantum thermodynamics and
fluctuation relations by adopting a fully quantum mechanical description of thermodynamics …

Thermodynamics of computations with absolute irreversibility, unidirectional transitions, and stochastic computation times

G Manzano, G Kardeş, É Roldán, DH Wolpert - Physical Review X, 2024 - APS
Developing a thermodynamic theory of computation is a challenging task at the interface of
nonequilibrium thermodynamics and computer science. In particular, this task requires …

Fully quantum fluctuation theorems

J Åberg - Physical Review X, 2018 - APS
Systems that are driven out of thermal equilibrium typically dissipate random quantities of
energy on microscopic scales. Crooks fluctuation theorem relates the distribution of these …