Thermodynamic control -- an old paradigm with new applications
arXiv:2006.13761 · doi:10.1209/0295-5075/131/20001
Abstract
Tremendous research efforts have been invested in exploring and designing so-called shortcuts to adiabaticity. These are finite-time processes that produce the same final states that would result from infinitely slow driving. Most of these techniques rely on auxiliary fields and quantum control techniques, which makes them rather costly to implement. In this Perspective we outline an alternative paradigm for optimal control that has proven powerful in a wide variety of situations ranging from heat engines over chemical reactions to quantum dynamics -- thermodynamic control. Focusing on only a few, selected milestones we seek to provide a pedagogical entry point into this powerful and versatile framework.
7 pages, 1 figure; Short review paper intended as Perspective in EPL (Europhys. Lett)
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