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Thermodynamics of trajectories and local fluctuation theorems for harmonic quantum networks

Authors :
Simon Pigeon
Lorenzo Fusco
André Xuereb
Gabriele De Chiara
Mauro Paternostro
Source :
New Journal of Physics, Vol 18, Iss 1, p 013009 (2015)
Publication Year :
2015
Publisher :
IOP Publishing, 2015.

Abstract

We present a general method to undertake a thorough analysis of the thermodynamics of the quantum jump trajectories followed by an arbitrary quantum harmonic network undergoing linear and bilinear dynamics. The approach is based on the phase-space representation of the state of a harmonic network. The large deviation function associated with this system encodes the full counting statistics of exchange and also allows one to deduce fluctuation theorems (FTs) obeyed by the dynamics. We illustrate the method showing the validity of a local FT about the exchange of excitations between a restricted part of the environment (i.e., a local bath) and a harmonic network coupled with different schemes.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
13672630
Volume :
18
Issue :
1
Database :
Directory of Open Access Journals
Journal :
New Journal of Physics
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
edsdoj.b8e52e7d97dc43d7bec33d5eddfe1441
Document Type :
article
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1088/1367-2630/18/1/013009