Thermodynamic uncertainty relation in slowly driven quantum heat engines
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| author | Miller, Harry J. D. Mohammady, M. Hamed Perarnau-Llobet, Martí Guarnieri, Giacomo |
| author_facet | Miller, Harry J. D. Mohammady, M. Hamed Perarnau-Llobet, Martí Guarnieri, Giacomo |
| contents | 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. These results have deep consequences for autonomous heat engines operating at steady-state, imposing an upper bound for their efficiency in terms of the power yield and its fluctuations. In the present manuscript we analyse a different class of heat engines, namely those which are operating in the periodic slow-driving regime. We show that an alternative TUR is satisfied, which is less restrictive than that of steady-state engines: it allows for engines that produce finite power, with small power fluctuations, to operate close to the Carnot efficiency. The bound further incorporates the effect of quantum fluctuations, which reduces engine efficiency relative to the average power and reliability. We finally illustrate our findings in the experimentally relevant model of a single-ion heat engine. |
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| spellingShingle | Thermodynamic uncertainty relation in slowly driven quantum heat engines Miller, Harry J. D. Mohammady, M. Hamed Perarnau-Llobet, Martí Guarnieri, Giacomo Quantum Physics Statistical Mechanics 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. These results have deep consequences for autonomous heat engines operating at steady-state, imposing an upper bound for their efficiency in terms of the power yield and its fluctuations. In the present manuscript we analyse a different class of heat engines, namely those which are operating in the periodic slow-driving regime. We show that an alternative TUR is satisfied, which is less restrictive than that of steady-state engines: it allows for engines that produce finite power, with small power fluctuations, to operate close to the Carnot efficiency. The bound further incorporates the effect of quantum fluctuations, which reduces engine efficiency relative to the average power and reliability. We finally illustrate our findings in the experimentally relevant model of a single-ion heat engine. |
| title | Thermodynamic uncertainty relation in slowly driven quantum heat engines |
| topic | Quantum Physics Statistical Mechanics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2006.07316 |