Quantum-enhanced absorption refrigerators
dc.contributor.author | Correa, LA | |
dc.contributor.author | Palao, JP | |
dc.contributor.author | Alonso, D | |
dc.contributor.author | Adesso, G | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-04T12:39:58Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2014-02-04 | |
dc.description.abstract | Thermodynamics is a branch of science blessed by an unparalleled combination of generality of scope and formal simplicity. Based on few natural assumptions together with the four laws, it sets the boundaries between possible and impossible in macroscopic aggregates of matter. This triggered groundbreaking achievements in physics, chemistry and engineering over the last two centuries. Close analogues of those fundamental laws are now being established at the level of individual quantum systems, thus placing limits on the operation of quantum-mechanical devices. Here we study quantum absorption refrigerators, which are driven by heat rather than external work. We establish thermodynamic performance bounds for these machines and investigate their quantum origin. We also show how those bounds may be pushed beyond what is classically achievable, by suitably tailoring the environmental fluctuations via quantum reservoir engineering techniques. Such superefficient quantum-enhanced cooling realises a promising step towards the technological exploitation of autonomous quantum refrigerators. | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Spanish MICINN | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | European Union | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Canary Islands Government | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | COST Action | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | University of Nottingham | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) | en_GB |
dc.description.sponsorship | Brazilian funding agency CAPES | en_GB |
dc.identifier.citation | Vol. 4, article 3949 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1038/srep03949 | |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | FIS2010-19998 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | MP1006 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | PP-0313/36 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.grantnumber | 108/2012 | en_GB |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10871/37845 | |
dc.language.iso | en | en_GB |
dc.publisher | Nature Research | en_GB |
dc.rights | Open access. This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareALike 3.0 Unported License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | en_GB |
dc.title | Quantum-enhanced absorption refrigerators | en_GB |
dc.type | Article | en_GB |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-04T12:39:58Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 2045-2322 | |
exeter.article-number | ARTN 3949 | en_GB |
dc.description | This is the final version. Available on open access from Nature Research via the DOI in this record | en_GB |
dc.identifier.journal | Scientific Reports | en_GB |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/ | en_GB |
dcterms.dateAccepted | 2014-01-16 | |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en_GB |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2014-02-04 | |
rioxxterms.type | Journal Article/Review | en_GB |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-07-04T12:36:56Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-07-04T12:40:03Z | |
refterms.panel | B | en_GB |
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