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 …

Quantum thermal absorption machines: refrigerators, engines and clocks

MT Mitchison - Contemporary Physics, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The inexorable miniaturisation of technologies, the relentless drive to improve efficiency and
the enticing prospect of boosting performance through quantum effects are all compelling …

Thermodynamics of the quantum mpemba effect

M Moroder, O Culhane, K Zawadzki, J Goold - Physical Review Letters, 2024 - APS
We investigate the quantum Mpemba effect from the perspective of nonequilibrium quantum
thermodynamics by studying relaxation dynamics of quantum systems coupled to a …

Quantum coherence and ergotropy

G Francica, FC Binder, G Guarnieri, MT Mitchison… - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
Constraints on work extraction are fundamental to our operational understanding of the
thermodynamics of both classical and quantum systems. In the quantum setting, finite-time …

Coherence effects in the performance of the quantum Otto heat engine

PA Camati, JFG Santos, RM Serra - Physical Review A, 2019 - APS
The working substance fueling a quantum heat engine may contain coherence in its energy
basis, depending on the dynamics of the engine cycle. In some models of quantum Otto heat …

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 …

Finite-time quantum Landauer principle and quantum coherence

T Van Vu, K Saito - Physical review letters, 2022 - APS
The Landauer principle states that any logically irreversible information processing must be
accompanied by dissipation into the environment. In this Letter, we investigate the heat …

Fundamental limitations in Lindblad descriptions of systems weakly coupled to baths

D Tupkary, A Dhar, M Kulkarni, A Purkayastha - Physical Review A, 2022 - APS
It is very common in the literature to write a Markovian quantum master equation in Lindblad
form to describe a system with multiple degrees of freedom and weakly connected to …

Quantum fluctuation theorems beyond two-point measurements

K Micadei, GT Landi, E Lutz - Physical Review Letters, 2020 - APS
We derive detailed and integral quantum fluctuation theorems for heat exchange in a
quantum correlated bipartite thermal system using the framework of dynamic Bayesian …

Role of coherence in many-body Quantum Reservoir Computing

A Palacios, R Martínez-Peña, MC Soriano… - Communications …, 2024 - nature.com
Abstract Quantum Reservoir Computing (QRC) offers potential advantages over classical
reservoir computing, including inherent processing of quantum inputs and a vast Hilbert …