Two and three-state quantum heat engines with stochastic resetting

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Main Authors: Kumar, Ashutosh, Lahiri, Sourabh, Bagarti, Trilochan, Banerjee, Subhashish
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Published: 2025
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author Kumar, Ashutosh
Lahiri, Sourabh
Bagarti, Trilochan
Banerjee, Subhashish
author_facet Kumar, Ashutosh
Lahiri, Sourabh
Bagarti, Trilochan
Banerjee, Subhashish
contents Quantum heat engines have undergone extensive studies over the last two decades. Simultaneously, the studies of the applications of stochastic resetting in various fields are on the rise. We explore the effect of stochastic resetting on the dynamics of a two-level and a three-level quantum heat engine. The extracted work is shown to increase with the resetting rate. The effective efficiency that takes into account the work done due to resetting remains constant. However, if the work done due to resetting is ignored, then the system can incorrectly imply a different behaviour, including the false inference that it is not working as an engine at all. The efficient power is observed to increase beyond that obtained in the absence of resetting, and is shown to be higher for a three-level engine.
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spellingShingle Two and three-state quantum heat engines with stochastic resetting
Kumar, Ashutosh
Lahiri, Sourabh
Bagarti, Trilochan
Banerjee, Subhashish
Statistical Mechanics
Quantum heat engines have undergone extensive studies over the last two decades. Simultaneously, the studies of the applications of stochastic resetting in various fields are on the rise. We explore the effect of stochastic resetting on the dynamics of a two-level and a three-level quantum heat engine. The extracted work is shown to increase with the resetting rate. The effective efficiency that takes into account the work done due to resetting remains constant. However, if the work done due to resetting is ignored, then the system can incorrectly imply a different behaviour, including the false inference that it is not working as an engine at all. The efficient power is observed to increase beyond that obtained in the absence of resetting, and is shown to be higher for a three-level engine.
title Two and three-state quantum heat engines with stochastic resetting
topic Statistical Mechanics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.06124