Study of quantum Otto heat engine using driven-dissipative Schr\"{o}dinger equation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2010.04856v2
• Date: Thu, 24 Dec 2020 02:23:11 GMT
• Title: Study of quantum Otto heat engine using driven-dissipative Schr\"{o}dinger equation
• Authors: You-wei Fang, Yu-ting Zheng and Jun Chang
• Abstract summary: We study the dynamics of the quantum Otto heat engine using the driven-dissipative Schr"odinger equation. We propose a new quantum engine working in a single reservoir to convert the pump energy into mechanical work.
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• Abstract: The quantum heat engines have drawn much attention due to miniaturization of devices recently. We study the dynamics of the quantum Otto heat engine using the driven-dissipative Schr\"{o}dinger equation. Starting from different initial states, we simulate the time evolutions of the internal energy, power and heat-work conversion efficiency. The initial state impacts on these thermodynamic quantities before the Otto cycle reaches stable. In the transition period, the efficiency and power may be higher or lower than the corresponding values in the cyclostationary state. Remarkably, the efficiency could surpass the Otto limit and even the Carnot limit and the power could be much higher than the rated power. The efficiency anomaly is due to the energy in the initial state. Thus, we suggest that periodically pumping could take the similar role of a hot bath but could be manipulated flexibly. Furthermore, we propose a new quantum engine working in a single reservoir to convert the pump energy into mechanical work. This manipulative engine could potentially be applied to working in the microenvironments without a large temperature difference, such as the biological tissues in vivo. Our protocol is expected to model a new quantum engine with the advantage of applicability and controllability.

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