Single-Atom Heat Machines Enabled by Energy Quantization

Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, David; Bylinskii, Alexei; Gangloff, Dorian; Islam, Rajibul; Aspuru-Guzik, Alán; Vuletic, Vladan

doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.170601

Title: Single-Atom Heat Machines Enabled by Energy Quantization

Journal Article · Wed Apr 25 00:00:00 EDT 2018 · Physical Review Letters

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevLett.120.170601· OSTI ID:1470508

Gelbwaser-Klimovsky, David ^[1]; Bylinskii, Alexei ^[1]; Gangloff, Dorian ^[2]; Islam, Rajibul ^[3]; Aspuru-Guzik, Alán ^[1]; Vuletic, Vladan ^[4]

Harvard Univ., Cambridge, MA (United States)
Univ. of Cambridge (United Kingdom); Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)
Univ. of Waterloo, ON (Canada)
Massachusetts Inst. of Technology (MIT), Cambridge, MA (United States)

Quantization of energy is a quintessential characteristic of quantum systems. Here we analyze its effects on the operation of Otto cycle heat machines and show that energy quantization alone may alter and increase machine performance in terms of output work, efficiency, and even operation mode. We show that this difference in performance occurs in machines with inhomogeneous energy level scaling, while quantum machines with homogeneous level scaling behave like classical machines. Our results demonstrate that quantum thermodynamics enables the realization of classically inconceivable Otto machines, such as those with an incompressible working substance. Finally, we propose to measure these effects experimentally using a laser-cooled trapped ion as a microscopic heat machine.

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Research Organization:: Energy Frontier Research Centers (EFRC) (United States). Center for Excitonics (CE)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES)

Grant/Contract Number:: SC0001088

OSTI ID:: 1470508

Alternate ID(s):: OSTI ID: 1434568

Journal Information:: Physical Review Letters, Vol. 120, Issue 17; Related Information: CE partners with Massachusetts Institute of Technology (lead); Brookhaven National Laboratory; Harvard University; ISSN 0031-9007

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Country of Publication:: United States

Language:: English

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