Fundamental Work Cost of Quantum Processes

Information-theoretic approaches provide a promising avenue for extending the laws of thermodynamics to the nanoscale. Here, we provide a general fundamental lower limit, valid for systems with an arbitrary Hamiltonian and in contact with any thermodynamic bath, on the work cost for the implementati...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Philippe Faist, Renato Renner
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Physical Society 2018-04-01
Series:Physical Review X
Online Access:http://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevX.8.021011