Enhanced energy transfer to an optomechanical piston from indistinguishable photons
arXiv:2003.10788 · doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.124.210601
Abstract
Thought experiments involving gases and pistons, such as Maxwell's demon and Gibbs' mixing, are central to our understanding of thermodynamics. Here we present a quantum thermodynamic thought experiment in which the energy transfer from two photonic gases to a piston membrane grows quadratically with the number of photons for indistinguishable gases, while linearly for distinguishable gases. This signature of Bosonic bunching may be observed in optomechanical experiments, highlighting the potential of these systems for the realisation of thermodynamic thought experiments in the quantum realm.
arXiv comment5 pages and 4 figures in the main text, 5 pages and 1 figure in the supplementary material
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