Heating and cooling processes via phaseonium-driven dynamics of cascade systems

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Autores principales: Amato, Federico, Pellitteri, Claudio, Palma, G. Massimo, Lorenzo, Salvatore, Franco, Rosario Lo
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Publicado: 2023
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author Amato, Federico
Pellitteri, Claudio
Palma, G. Massimo
Lorenzo, Salvatore
Franco, Rosario Lo
author_facet Amato, Federico
Pellitteri, Claudio
Palma, G. Massimo
Lorenzo, Salvatore
Franco, Rosario Lo
contents The search for strategies to harness the temperature of quantum systems is one of the main goals in quantum thermodynamics. Here we study the dynamics of a system made of a pair of quantum harmonic oscillators, represented by single-mode cavity fields, interacting with a thermally excited beam of phaseonium atoms, which act as ancillas. The two cavities are arranged in a cascade configuration, so that the second cavity interacts with phaseonium atoms only after their interaction with the first one. We provide exact closed dynamics of the first cavity for arbitrarily long interaction times. We highlight the role played by the characteristic coherence phase of phaseonium atoms in determining the steady states of the cavity fields as well as that of the ancillas. Also, we show how the second cavity follows a non-Markovian evolution due to interactions with the "used" ancillary atoms, that enables information exchange with the first cavity. Adjusting the parameters of the phaseonium atoms, we can determine the final stable temperature reached by the cavities. In this way, the cavities can be heated up as well as cooled down. These results provide useful insights towards the use of different types of ancillas for thermodynamic cycles in cavity QED scenarios.
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spellingShingle Heating and cooling processes via phaseonium-driven dynamics of cascade systems
Amato, Federico
Pellitteri, Claudio
Palma, G. Massimo
Lorenzo, Salvatore
Franco, Rosario Lo
Quantum Physics
The search for strategies to harness the temperature of quantum systems is one of the main goals in quantum thermodynamics. Here we study the dynamics of a system made of a pair of quantum harmonic oscillators, represented by single-mode cavity fields, interacting with a thermally excited beam of phaseonium atoms, which act as ancillas. The two cavities are arranged in a cascade configuration, so that the second cavity interacts with phaseonium atoms only after their interaction with the first one. We provide exact closed dynamics of the first cavity for arbitrarily long interaction times. We highlight the role played by the characteristic coherence phase of phaseonium atoms in determining the steady states of the cavity fields as well as that of the ancillas. Also, we show how the second cavity follows a non-Markovian evolution due to interactions with the "used" ancillary atoms, that enables information exchange with the first cavity. Adjusting the parameters of the phaseonium atoms, we can determine the final stable temperature reached by the cavities. In this way, the cavities can be heated up as well as cooled down. These results provide useful insights towards the use of different types of ancillas for thermodynamic cycles in cavity QED scenarios.
title Heating and cooling processes via phaseonium-driven dynamics of cascade systems
topic Quantum Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.04498