4 papers
Speed-ups to isothermality: Enhanced quantum thermal machines through control of the system-bath coupling
Nicola Pancotti, Matteo Scandi, Mark T. Mitchison +1
Isothermal transformations are minimally dissipative but slow processes, as the system needs to remain close to thermal equilibrium along the protocol. Here, we show that smoothly…
Quantum work statistics close to equilibrium
Matteo Scandi, Harry J. D. Miller, Janet Anders +1
We study the statistics of work, dissipation, and entropy production of a quantum quasi-isothermal process, where the system remains close to the thermal equilibrium along the tran…
Work fluctuations in slow processes: quantum signatures and optimal control
Harry J. D. Miller, Matteo Scandi, Janet Anders +1
An important result in classical stochastic thermodynamics is the work fluctuation--dissipation relation (FDR), which states that the dissipated work done along a slow process is p…
Thermodynamic length in open quantum systems
Matteo Scandi, Martí Perarnau-Llobet
The dissipation generated during a quasistatic thermodynamic process can be characterised by introducing a metric on the space of Gibbs states, in such a way that minimally-dissipa…