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A conventional quantum phase transition (QPT) can be accessed by varying a real parameter at absolute zero temperature. Motivated by the discovery of the pseudo-Hermiticity of non-Hermitian systems, we explore the QPT in non-Hermitian…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2014-07-16 C. Li , G. Zhang , X. Z. Zhang , Z. Song

We present a detailed study of quantum thermal machines employing quantum systems as working substances. In particular, we study two different types of two-stroke cycles where two collections of identical quantum systems with evenly spaced…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-04-01 Nicolò Piccione , Gabriele De Chiara , Bruno Bellomo

We investigate, in an analytical fashion, quantum Carnot cycles of a microscopic heat engine coupled to two nite heat reservoirs, whose internal cycles could own higher e ciency than the standard Carnot limit without consuming extra quantum…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2024-09-04 L. -L. Yan , M. -R. Yun , M. Li , S. -L. Su , K. -F. Cui , Gang Chen , M. Feng

In this article it will be introduced a new theorem, can be considered a generalization of Hellmann-Feynman theorem[1]. The latter used in conjunction with the quantization of the free energy[2] of a quantum system allows to derive…

Materials Science · Physics 2020-12-02 S. Selenu

We explore the relation between quantum geometry in non-Hermitian systems and physically measurable phenomena. We highlight various situations in which the behavior of a non-Hermitian system is best understood in terms of quantum geometry,…

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In this paper a quantum mechanics is built by means of a non-Hermitian momentum operator. We have shown that it is possible to construct two Hermitian and two non-Hermitian type of Hamiltonians using this momentum operator. We can construct…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-03-25 Juan M. Romero , O. Gonzalez-Gaxiola , J. Ruiz de Chavez , R. Bernal-Jaquez

How to rigorously define thermodynamic quantities such as heat, work, and internal energy in open quantum systems driven far from equilibrium remains a significant open question in quantum thermodynamics. Heat is a quantity whose…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-07-18 Parth Kumar , Charles A. Stafford

We consider a non-Hermitian Hamiltonian in order to effectively describe a two-level system coupled to a generic dissipative environment. The total Hamiltonian of the model is obtained by adding a general anti-Hermitian part, depending on…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2013-10-25 Alessandro Sergi , Konstantin G. Zloshchastiev

Interactions of quantum systems with their environment play a crucial role in resource-theoretic approaches to thermodynamics in the microscopic regime. Here, we analyze the possible state transitions in the presence of "small" heat baths…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2018-02-27 Jakob Scharlau , Markus P. Mueller

The optimal power performance of a first principle quantum heat engine model shows friction-like phenomena when the internal fluid Hamiltonian does not commute with the external control field. The model is based on interacting…

Chemical Physics · Physics 2009-11-07 Ronnie Kosloff , Tova Feldmann

We present a detailed thermodynamic analysis of a three-level quantum heat engine coupled continuously to hot and cold reservoirs. The system is driven by an oscillating external field and is described by the Markovian quantum master…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-10-07 Pablo Bayona-Pena , Kazutaka Takahashi

The motivation for studying non-Hermitian systems and the role of $\mathcal{PT}$-symmetry is discussed. We investigate the use of a quantum algorithm to find the eigenvalues and eigenvectors of non-Hermitian Hamiltonians, with applications…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-01-29 James Hancock , Matthew J. Craven , Craig McNeile , Davide Vadacchino

We present a model for an autonomous quantum thermal machine comprised of two qubits capable of manipulating and even amplifying the local coherence in a non-degenerate external system. The machine uses only thermal resources, namely,…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2019-05-01 Gonzalo Manzano , Ralph Silva , Juan M. R. Parrondo

In this thesis, we focus on the energetic analysis within autonomous quantum systems. To this aim, we propose a novel and general formalism for a dynamic description of the energy exchanges between interacting subsystems. From the Schmidt…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2022-11-15 André Hernandes Alves Malavazi

We introduce a method to construct a quantum battery and a quantum Otto heat engine using a Nitrogen-Vacancy (NV) center spin coupled to a mechanical oscillator in a highly detuned regime. By precisely controlling the NV spin, we enable…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-01-13 Mohamed Hatifi , Anshuman Nayak , Jason Twamley

The quantum engine cycle serves as an analogous representation of classical heat engines for microscopic systems and the quantum regime of thermal devices is composed of a single element. In this work, the Quantum-Mechanical properties of a…

We propose a quantum analog of the internal combustion engine used in most cars. Specifically, we study how to implement the Otto-type quantum heat engine (QHE) with the assistance of a Maxwell's demon. Three steps are required:…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 H. T. Quan , Y. D. Wang , Yu-xi Liu , C. P. Sun , Franco Nori

We propose a quantum Stirling heat engine with an ensemble of harmonic oscillators as the working medium. We show that the efficiency of the harmonic oscillator quantum Stirling heat engine (HO-QSHE) at a given frequency can be maximized at…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-06-08 Sarbani Chatterjee , Arghadip Koner , Sohini Chatterjee , Chandan Kumar

We studied the efficiency of two different schemes for a quantum heat engine, by considering a single Dirac particle trapped in an infinite one-dimensional potential well as the "working substance." The first scheme is a cycle, composed of…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2013-01-14 E. Muñoz , F. J. Peña