Anisotropy-assisted thermodynamic advantage of a local-spin thermal machine

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Main Authors: Purkait, Chayan, Chand, Suman, Biswas, Asoka
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Published: 2023
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author Purkait, Chayan
Chand, Suman
Biswas, Asoka
author_facet Purkait, Chayan
Chand, Suman
Biswas, Asoka
contents We study quantum Otto thermal machines with a two-spin working system coupled by anisotropic interaction. Depending on the choice of different parameters, the quantum Otto cycle can function as different thermal machines, including a heat engine, refrigerator, accelerator and heater. We aim to investigate how the anisotropy plays a fundamental role in the performance of the quantum Otto engine operating in different time scales. We find that while the efficiency of the engine efficiency increases with the increase in anisotropy for the quasistatic operation, quantum internal friction and incomplete thermalization degrade the performance in a finite time cycle. Further, we study the QOE with one of the spins, the local spin, as the working system. We show that the efficiency of such an engine can surpass the standard quantum Otto limit, along with maximum power, thanks to the anisotropy. This can be attributed to quantum interference effects. We demonstrate that the enhanced performance of a local-spin QOE originates from the same interference effects, as in a measurement-based QOE for their finite time operation.
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spellingShingle Anisotropy-assisted thermodynamic advantage of a local-spin thermal machine
Purkait, Chayan
Chand, Suman
Biswas, Asoka
Quantum Physics
We study quantum Otto thermal machines with a two-spin working system coupled by anisotropic interaction. Depending on the choice of different parameters, the quantum Otto cycle can function as different thermal machines, including a heat engine, refrigerator, accelerator and heater. We aim to investigate how the anisotropy plays a fundamental role in the performance of the quantum Otto engine operating in different time scales. We find that while the efficiency of the engine efficiency increases with the increase in anisotropy for the quasistatic operation, quantum internal friction and incomplete thermalization degrade the performance in a finite time cycle. Further, we study the QOE with one of the spins, the local spin, as the working system. We show that the efficiency of such an engine can surpass the standard quantum Otto limit, along with maximum power, thanks to the anisotropy. This can be attributed to quantum interference effects. We demonstrate that the enhanced performance of a local-spin QOE originates from the same interference effects, as in a measurement-based QOE for their finite time operation.
title Anisotropy-assisted thermodynamic advantage of a local-spin thermal machine
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2309.04757