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We derive a thermodynamic uncertainty relation (TUR) under quantum continuous measurement and feedback control. By incorporating the quantum-classical-transfer entropy, which quantifies the information gained by continuous measurement, we…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-03-20 Kaito Tojo , Takahiro Sagawa , Ken Funo

We study the statistical properties of currents in two particular systems of capacitively coupled parallel transport channels. In the first system, each transport channel contains a single quantum dot in contact with two electron…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-10-03 Gregory Bulnes Cuetara

In this paper, we present an exact formalism for transient current-current correlations and transient noise spectra. The exact solution of transient current correlations in both the time domain and the frequency domain are obtained. Without…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2014-03-19 Pei-Yun Yang , Chuan-Yu Lin , Wei-Min Zhang

We describe a numerical scheme for exactly simulating the heat current behavior in a quantum harmonic chain with self-consistent reservoirs. Numerically-exact results are compared to classical simulations and to the quantum behavior under…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2015-05-28 Malay Bandyopadhyay , Dvira Segal

In the last ten years, a number of ``Conventional Fluctuation Theorems'' have been derived for systems with deterministic or stochastic dynamics, in a transient or in a non-equilibrium stationary state. These theorems gave explicit…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. van Zon , E. G. D. Cohen

We analyze the noise properties of both electric charge and heat currents as well as their correlations in a quantum-dot based thermoelectric engine. The engine is a three-terminal conductor with crossed heat and charge flows where heat…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2013-12-10 Rafael Sánchez , Björn Sothmann , Andrew N. Jordan , Markus Büttiker

We use a nanowire quantum dot to probe high-frequency current fluctuations in a nearby quantum point contact. The fluctuations drive charge transitions in the quantum dot, which are measured in real-time with single-electron detection…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 S. Gustavsson , I. Shorubalko , R. Leturcq , T. Ihn , K. Ensslin , S. Schön

As quantum technologies advance, a fundamental challenge is mitigating noise and backscattering in superconducting circuits to achieve scalable, high-fidelity operations. Conventional superconducting components lack directionality, causing…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2025-10-23 Han Zhong , Denis Kochan , Igor Zutic , Yingying Wu

We use Floquet formalism to study fluctuations in periodically modulated continuous quantum thermal machines. We present a generic theory for such machines, followed by specific examples of sinusoidal, optimal, and circular modulations…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2023-08-02 Arpan Das , Shishira Mahunta , Bijay Kumar Agarwalla , Victor Mukherjee

We obtain an analytical expression for the heat current between two overdamped quantum oscillators interacting with local thermal baths at different temperatures. The total heat current is split into classical and quantum contributions. We…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2021-01-04 Sadeq S. Kadijani , Thomas L. Schmidt , Massimiliano Esposito , Nahuel Freitas

We find the charge and heat currents caused by a temperature difference applied to a superconducting point contact or to a quantum point contact between a superconducting and normal conductors. The results are formulated in terms of the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2019-04-24 Sergey S. Pershoguba , Leonid I. Glazman

We derive bounds on the precision of fluctuating currents, which are valid for the steady state of underdamped Langevin dynamics. These bounds provide a generalization of the overdamped thermodynamic uncertainty relation to the finite-mass…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2022-02-23 Andreas Dechant

Optimal engine performances are accomplished by quantum effects. Here we explore two routes towards ideal engines, namely (1) quantum systems that operate as hybrid machines being able to perform more than one useful task and (2) the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2022-09-21 Rosa Lopez , Jong Soo Lim , Kun Woo Kim

The study of charge current fluctuations (noise) can give useful insights into the properties of nanoscale systems. In this work, the peculiar properties of noise in multiterminal hybrid normal-superconducting systems are explored in the…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2025-07-02 Leonardo Pierattelli , Fabio Taddei , Alessandro Braggio

We consider a measurement of finite-frequency current fluctuations, using a resonance circuit as a model for the detector. We arrive at an expression for the measurable response in terms of the current-current correlators which differs from…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2008-03-04 G. B. Lesovik , R. Loosen

We describe the thermal and electrical conductivities of quasi-one dimensional wires, across a quantum phase transition from a superconductor to a metal induced by pairbreaking perturbations. Fluctuation corrections to BCS theory motivate a…

Superconductivity · Physics 2008-05-09 Adrian del Maestro , Bernd Rosenow , Nayana Shah , Subir Sachdev

We calculate electronic charge and heat transport in tubular nanowires generated by a temperature gradient or a chemical potential bias. These nanowires correspond to semiconductor core-shell nanowires with insulating (undoped) core and…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2023-02-06 Hadi Rezaie Heris , Kristjan Ottar Klausen , Anna Sitek , Sigurdur Ingi Erlingsson , Andrei Manolescu

Current quantum noise can be pictured as a sum over transitions through which the electronic system exchanges energy with its environment. We formulate this picture and use it to show which type of current correlators are measurable, and in…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 U. Gavish , Y. Imry , Y. Levinson

The thermodynamic uncertainty relation quantifies a trade-off between the relative fluctuations of trajectory currents and the thermodynamic cost, indicating that the current precision is fundamentally constrained by entropy production. In…

Quantum Physics · Physics 2026-03-16 Ryotaro Honma , Tan Van Vu

A microscopic analysis of the superconducting quantum critical point realized via a pair-breaking quantum phase transition is presented. Finite temperature crossovers are derived for the electrical conductivity, which is a key probe of…

Superconductivity · Physics 2007-09-19 N. Shah , A. V. Lopatin