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More bang for your buck: super-adiabatic quantum engines

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Campo, A. del, Goold, J., Paternostro, M.·2014·Scientific Reports

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The practical untenability of the quasi-static assumption makes any realistic engine intrinsically irreversible and its operating time finite, thus implying friction effects at short cycle times. An important technological goal is thus the design of maximally efficient engines working at the maximum possible power. We show that, by utilising shortcuts to adiabaticity in a quantum engine cycle, one can engineer a thermodynamic cycle working at finite power and zero friction. Our findings are illustrated using a harmonic oscillator undergoing a quantum Otto cycle.

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Authors
Campo, A. D., Goold, J., & Paternostro, M.
Affiliations
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory (US)
  • The Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) (IT)
  • Queen's University Belfast (GB)
Corresponding author
Paternostro, M.
Venue
Scientific Reports
Published
2014-08-28
Volume
4
Issue
1
Pages
6208-6208
ISSN
2045-2322 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2017900120
Cited by
306
References
41
Citations by year
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FWCI
15.80
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
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  • Scientific Reports (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Research Portal (Queen's University Belfast) (publishedVersion, other-oa)
  • arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion)
  • OSTI OAI (U.S. Department of Energy Office of Scientific and Technical Information) (submittedVersion)
  • arXiv (Cornell University)
Funders
  • U.S. Department of Energy
  • John Templeton Foundation (43467)
  • European Commission (618074)
  • Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology
  • Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EP/G004579/1, MP1209)
  • Laboratory Directed Research and Development
  • Los Alamos National Laboratory
Topics
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Statistical and Nonlinear Physics › Advanced Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
  • Physical Sciences › Engineering › Mechanical Engineering › Advanced Thermodynamic Systems and Engines
  • Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Quantum Mechanics and Applications
Keywords
quantum heat engines, shortcuts to adiabaticity, quantum Otto cycle, finite power, irreversibility, harmonic oscillator, thermodynamic efficiency

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