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Bounds on fluctuations for finite-time quantum Otto cycle

Statistical Mechanics 2021-06-30 v1 Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics

Abstract

For finite-time quantum Otto heat engine with working fluid consisting of either a (i) qubit or (ii) a harmonic oscillator, we show that the relative fluctuation of output work is always greater than the corresponding relative fluctuation of input heat absorbed from the hot bath. As a result, the ratio between the work fluctuation and the input heat fluctuation receives a lower bound in terms of the square value of the average efficiency of the engine. The saturation of the lower bound is received in the quasi-static limit of the engine and can be shown for a class of working fluids that follow a scale-invariant energy eigenspectra under driving.

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@article{arxiv.2104.12173,
  title  = {Bounds on fluctuations for finite-time quantum Otto cycle},
  author = {Sushant Saryal and Bijay Kumar Agarwalla},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2104.12173},
  year   = {2021}
}

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8 pages, 3 figures

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