Stochastic thermodynamics, fluctuation theorems and molecular machines

U Seifert - Reports on progress in physics, 2012 - iopscience.iop.org
Stochastic thermodynamics as reviewed here systematically provides a framework for
extending the notions of classical thermodynamics such as work, heat and entropy …

Colloquium: Quantum fluctuation relations: Foundations and applications

M Campisi, P Hänggi, P Talkner - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2011 - APS
Two fundamental ingredients play a decisive role in the foundation of fluctuation relations:
the principle of microreversibility and the fact that thermal equilibrium is described by the …

Nonequilibrium boundary-driven quantum systems: Models, methods, and properties

GT Landi, D Poletti, G Schaller - Reviews of Modern Physics, 2022 - APS
Recent years have seen tremendous progress in the theoretical understanding of quantum
systems driven dissipatively by coupling to different baths at their edges. This was possible …

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 …

Towards quantum thermodynamics in electronic circuits

JP Pekola - Nature physics, 2015 - nature.com
Electronic circuits operating at sub-kelvin temperatures are attractive candidates for studying
classical and quantum thermodynamics: their temperature can be controlled and measured …

Stochastic thermodynamics under coarse graining

M Esposito - Physical Review E—Statistical, Nonlinear, and Soft …, 2012 - APS
A general formulation of stochastic thermodynamics is presented for open systems
exchanging energy and particles with multiple reservoirs. By introducing a partition in terms …

Perspective on quantum thermodynamics

J Millen, A Xuereb - New Journal of Physics, 2016 - iopscience.iop.org
Classical thermodynamics is unrivalled in its range of applications and relevance to
everyday life. It enables a description of complex systems, made up of microscopic particles …

Nonequilibrium fluctuations in quantum heat engines: theory, example, and possible solid state experiments

M Campisi, J Pekola, R Fazio - New Journal of Physics, 2015 - iopscience.iop.org
We study stochastic energetic exchanges in quantum heat engines. Due to
microreversibility, these obey a fluctuation relation, called the heat engine fluctuation …

Test of the Jarzynski and Crooks fluctuation relations in an electronic system

OP Saira, Y Yoon, T Tanttu, M Möttönen, DV Averin… - Physical review …, 2012 - APS
Recent progress on micro-and nanometer-scale manipulation has opened the possibility to
probe systems small enough that thermal fluctuations of energy and coordinate variables …

Shot noise in mesoscopic systems: From single particles to quantum liquids

K Kobayashi, M Hashisaka - Journal of the Physical Society of Japan, 2021 - journals.jps.jp
Shot noise, originating from the discrete nature of electric charge, is generated by scattering
processes. Shot-noise measurements have revealed microscopic charge dynamics in …