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Superadiabatic quantum friction suppression in finite-time thermodynamics

Quantum Gases 2018-05-01 v1 Atomic Physics Quantum Physics

Abstract

Optimal performance of thermal machines is reached by suppressing friction. Friction in quantum thermodynamics results from fast driving schemes that generate nonadiabatic excitations. The far-from-equilibrium dynamics of quantum devices can be tailored by shortcuts to adiabaticity to suppress quantum friction. We experimentally demonstrate friction-free superadiabatic strokes with a trapped unitary Fermi gas as a working substance and establish the equivalence between the superadiabatic mean work and its adiabatic value.

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@article{arxiv.1711.00650,
  title  = {Superadiabatic quantum friction suppression in finite-time thermodynamics},
  author = {Shujin Deng and Aurélia Chenu and Pengpeng Diao and Fang Li and Shi Yu and Ivan Coulamy and Adolfo del Campo and Haibin Wu},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1711.00650},
  year   = {2018}
}

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13 pages, 9 figures