Atomic-superfluid heat engines controlled by twisted light
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| author | Ghosh, Aritra Daloi, Nilamoni Bhattacharya, M. |
| author_facet | Ghosh, Aritra Daloi, Nilamoni Bhattacharya, M. |
| contents | We theoretically propose a quantum heat engine using a setup consisting of a ring-trapped Bose-Einstein condensate placed in a Fabry-Pérot cavity where the optical field carries orbital angular momentum. We first show that the cavity-enhanced light-atom coupling leads to the emergence of polaritonic modes whose character can be reversibly switched between photonlike and phononlike by detuning sweeps, allowing work extraction governed by distinct reservoirs. We investigate the dependence of the engine efficiency on the orbital angular momentum. Beyond ideality, we discuss finite-time scenarios based on shortcuts to adiabaticity such that the efficiency retains its ideal-operation value, despite finite-time operation. Our analysis identifies orbital angular momentum as a control knob that can reconfigure the performance of such quantum heat engines. |
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| publishDate | 2025 |
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| spellingShingle | Atomic-superfluid heat engines controlled by twisted light Ghosh, Aritra Daloi, Nilamoni Bhattacharya, M. Quantum Physics Quantum Gases Optics We theoretically propose a quantum heat engine using a setup consisting of a ring-trapped Bose-Einstein condensate placed in a Fabry-Pérot cavity where the optical field carries orbital angular momentum. We first show that the cavity-enhanced light-atom coupling leads to the emergence of polaritonic modes whose character can be reversibly switched between photonlike and phononlike by detuning sweeps, allowing work extraction governed by distinct reservoirs. We investigate the dependence of the engine efficiency on the orbital angular momentum. Beyond ideality, we discuss finite-time scenarios based on shortcuts to adiabaticity such that the efficiency retains its ideal-operation value, despite finite-time operation. Our analysis identifies orbital angular momentum as a control knob that can reconfigure the performance of such quantum heat engines. |
| title | Atomic-superfluid heat engines controlled by twisted light |
| topic | Quantum Physics Quantum Gases Optics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.19821 |