Coherent feedback-enhanced asymmetry of thermal process in open quantum systems: Cavity optomechanics

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.13288v1
• Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2025 12:59:20 GMT
• Title: Coherent feedback-enhanced asymmetry of thermal process in open quantum systems: Cavity optomechanics
• Authors: Hamza Harraf, Mohamed Amazioug, Rachid Ahl Laamara,
• Abstract summary: Entropy production is a fundamental concept in nonequilibrium thermodynamics.<n>We investigate in steady-state the enhancement of irreversibility using coherent feedback loop.
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• Abstract: Entropy production is a fundamental concept in nonequilibrium thermodynamics, providing a direct measure of the irreversibility inherent in any physical process. In this work, we investigate in steady-state the enhancement of irreversibility employing coherent feedback loop. We evaluate the steady-state entropy production rate and quantum correlations by applying the quantum phase space formulation to calculate the entropy change. Our study reveals the essential contribution of coherent feedback in the thermal bath's input-noise operators, resulting in the system being driven far from thermal equilibrium. Our analysis shows that in the small-coupling limit, the entropy production rate is proportional to the quantum mutual information. We use for application the optomechanical system of Fabry-Pérot cavity, and show that the picks of the entropy production corresponding of the heating/cooling of movable mirror are improved. Therefore, we conclude that irreversibility and quantum correlations are not independent and must be analyzed jointly. The results demonstrate the possibility of enhancement of entropy production and pave the way for promising quantum thermal applications through coherent feedback loop.

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