Quasi-autonomous quantum thermal machines and quantum to classical energy flow

There are both practical and foundational motivations to consider the thermodynamics of quantum systems at small scales. Here we address the issue of autonomous quantum thermal machines that are tailored to achieve some specific thermodynamic primitive, such as work extraction in the presence of a t...

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Published in:	New Journal of Physics
Main Authors:	Max F Frenzel, David Jennings, Terry Rudolph
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	IOP Publishing 2016-01-01
Subjects:	quantum thermodynamics quantum information work extraction coherence quantum clocks 03.67.-a
Online Access:	https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/2/023037