We report the experimental reconstruction of the nonequilibrium work probability distribution
in a closed quantum system, and the study of the corresponding quantum fluctuation …

We propose a method to study the thermodynamic behaviour of small systems beyond the
weak coupling and Markovian approximation, which is different in spirit from conventional …

The concept of work is basic for statistical thermodynamics. To gain a fuller understanding of
work and its (quantum) features, it needs to be represented as an average of a fluctuating …

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 …

Entropy production plays a fundamental role in nonequilibrium thermodynamics to quantify
the irreversibility of open systems. Its positivity can be ensured for a wide class of setups, but …

We investigate the steady state properties arising from the open system dynamics described
by a memoryless (Markovian) quantum collision model, corresponding to a master equation …

We propose a scheme for a quantum thermal machine made by atoms interacting with a
single nonequilibrium electromagnetic field. The field is produced by a simple configuration …

The design of efficient quantum information processing will rely on optimal nonequilibrium
transitions of driven quantum systems. Building on a recently developed geometric …

Employing the stochastic wave function method, we study quantum features of stochastic
entropy production in nonequilibrium processes of open systems. It is demonstrated that …

We propose a quantum Otto cycle based on the properties of a two-level system in a realistic
out-of-thermal-equilibrium electromagnetic field acting as its sole reservoir. This steady …