Abstract
Measuring the thermodynamic properties of open quantum systems poses a major challenge. A calorimetric detection has been proposed as a feasible experimental scheme to measure work and fluctuation relations in open quantum systems. However, the detection requires a finite size for the environment, which influences the system dynamics. This process cannot be modeled with the standard stochastic approaches. We develop a quantum jump model suitable for systems coupled to a finite-size environment. We use the method to study the common fluctuation relations and prove that they are satisfied.
Original language | English |
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Article number | 062106 |
Number of pages | 7 |
Journal | Physical Review E |
Volume | 93 |
Issue number | 6 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 3 Jun 2016 |
MoE publication type | A1 Journal article-refereed |
Keywords
- FREE-ENERGY DIFFERENCES
- FLUCTUATION RELATIONS
- ENTROPY PRODUCTION
- MASTER EQUATION
- THERMODYNAMICS
- SIMULATION
- EQUALITY
- OPTICS