Irreversible entropy production: From classical to quantum

GT Landi, M Paternostro - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2021 - APS
Entropy production is a key quantity in any finite-time thermodynamic process. It is intimately
tied with the fundamental laws of thermodynamics, embodying a tool to extend …

Thermodynamics of information

JMR Parrondo, JM Horowitz, T Sagawa - Nature physics, 2015 - nature.com
By its very nature, the second law of thermodynamics is probabilistic, in that its formulation
requires a probabilistic description of the state of a system. This raises questions about the …

The role of quantum information in thermodynamics—a topical review

J Goold, M Huber, A Riera, L Del Rio… - Journal of Physics A …, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
This topical review article gives an overview of the interplay between quantum information
theory and thermodynamics of quantum systems. We focus on several trending topics …

Experimental verification of Landauer's principle linking information and thermodynamics

A Bérut, A Arakelyan, A Petrosyan, S Ciliberto… - Nature, 2012 - nature.com
Abstract In 1961, Rolf Landauer argued that the erasure of information is a dissipative
process 1. A minimal quantity of heat, proportional to the thermal energy and called the …

Equalities and inequalities: Irreversibility and the second law of thermodynamics at the nanoscale

C Jarzynski - Time: Poincaré Seminar 2010, 2012 - Springer
The reason we never observe violations of the second law of thermodynamics is a matter of
statistics: When very many degrees of freedom are involved, the odds are overwhelmingly …

Quantum technologies need a quantum energy initiative

A Auffèves - PRX Quantum, 2022 - APS
Quantum technologies are currently the object of high expectations from governments and
private companies, as they hold the promise to shape safer and faster ways to extract …

Experimental demonstration of information-to-energy conversion and validation of the generalized Jarzynski equality

S Toyabe, T Sagawa, M Ueda, E Muneyuki, M Sano - Nature physics, 2010 - nature.com
Abstract In 1929, Leó Szilárd invented a feedback protocol in which a hypothetical
intelligence—dubbed Maxwell's demon—pumps heat from an isothermal environment and …

Experiments in stochastic thermodynamics: Short history and perspectives

S Ciliberto - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
We summarize in this article the experiments which have been performed to test the
theoretical findings in stochastic thermodynamics such as fluctuation theorem, Jarzynski …

Catalytic coherence

J Åberg - Physical review letters, 2014 - APS
Because of conservation of energy we cannot directly turn a quantum system with a definite
energy into a superposition of different energies. However, if we have access to an …

Quantum and information thermodynamics: A unifying framework based on repeated interactions

P Strasberg, G Schaller, T Brandes, M Esposito - Physical Review X, 2017 - APS
We expand the standard thermodynamic framework of a system coupled to a thermal
reservoir by considering a stream of independently prepared units repeatedly put into …